36 Atalante

Orbital characteristics 1
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
Diameter	105.6 km
Rotation period 3	9.93 hours
Abs. magnitude	8.46
Albedo 4	0.065
History 2
Discoverer	H. Goldschmidt, 1855

36 Atalante (at'-a-lan'-tee) 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.