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**98 Ianthe**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.685 AU
Perihelion distance	2.176 AU
Aphelion distance	3.195 AU
Orbital period	4.40 years
Inclination	15.62�
Eccentricity	0.190
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	104.5 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/)}	16.5 hours
Spectral class	C
Abs. magnitude	8.84
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.047
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	C. H. F. Peters, 1868

98 Ianthe is a large main belt asteroid. It is very dark and is composed of carbonates.

It was one of the numerous (for his time) discoveries by C. H. F. Peters, who found it on April 18, 1868 from Clinton, New York.

Categories: Astronomy stubs | Main Belt asteroids

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Ianthe: Information from Answers.com (229 words)
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