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**114 Kassandra**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.677 AU
Perihelion distance	2.311 AU
Aphelion distance	3.042 AU
Orbital period	4.38 years
Inclination	4.94�
Eccentricity	0.136
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	99.6 km
Rotation period	10.758 hours
Spectral class	T
Abs. magnitude	8.26
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.088
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	C. H. F. Peters, 1871

114 Kassandra is a large and dark Main belt asteroid. It belongs to the rare class T asteroids.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 23, 1871, and is named after Cassandra, the prophetess in the tales of the Trojan War.

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