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**36 Atalante**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.746 AU
Perihelion distance	1.913 AU
Aphelion distance	3.579 AU
Orbital period	4.55 years
Inclination	18.43�
Eccentricity	0.303
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	105.6 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://www.psi.edu/pds/archive/lc.html)}	9.93 hours
Abs. magnitude	8.46
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.065
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	H. Goldschmidt, 1855

36 Atalante is a large, dark main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855 and named after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta.

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