200 Dynamene

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200 Dynamene
Orbital characteristics 1
Orbit type Main belt
Semimajor axis 2.739 AU
Perihelion distance 2.376 AU
Aphelion distance 3.102 AU
Orbital period 4.53 years
Inclination 6.90°
Eccentricity 0.133
Physical characteristics 1
Diameter 128.4 km
Rotation period 3 19 hours
Spectral class C
Abs. magnitude 8.26
Albedo 4 0.053
History 2
Discoverer C. H. F. Peters, 1879

200 Dynamene is a large and very dark Main belt asteroid. It probably has a primitive composition similar to the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.

It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 27, 1879 in Clinton, New York.