36 Atalante
Asteroid
Atalante is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the German-French astronomer H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855, and named by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta. It was rendered... Wikipedia
Discovered: October 5, 1855
Discoverer: Hermann Goldschmidt
Orbital period: 1,665 days
Orbits: Sun
Mean diameter: 132.842 ± 29.191 km; 110.14 ± 4.38 km
Minor planet category: Main belt