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**200 Dynamene**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.739 AU
Perihelion distance	2.376 AU
Aphelion distance	3.102 AU
Orbital period	4.53 years
Inclination	6.90�
Eccentricity	0.133
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	128.4 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html)}	19 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	8.26
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.053
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	C. H. F. Peters, 1879

200 Dynamene is a large and very dark Main belt asteroid. It probably has a primitive composition similar to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 27, 1879.

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