(36) Atalante

(36) Atalante is an asteroid that is part of the asteroid belt and was discovered on October 5, 1855 by Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt from Paris, France. It is named after Atalante, a character from Greek mythology.

Orbital characteristics

Atalante is located at an average distance from the Sun of 2,749 AU, being able to approach up to 1,919 AU and move away up to 3.58 AU. Its orbital inclination is 18.43° and its eccentricity is 0.3021. It takes 1665 days to complete an orbit around the Sun.