36 Atalante /ˌætəˈlæntiː/ 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 (of which Atalante is the German form). The asteroid is also classified as a C-type one according to the Tholen classification system.Observation of the asteroid light curve indicates it is rotating with a period of 9.93 ± 0.01 hours.
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