36 Atalante
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36 Atalante is a large, dark main-belt asteroid
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It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt
on October 5, 1855, and named after the Greek mythological
heroine Atalanta
(of which Atalante is the German form).
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
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It was discovered by H. Goldschmidt
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt
Hermann Mayer Salomon Goldschmidt was a German-French astronomer and painter who spent much of his life in France. He started out as a painter, but after attending a lecture by the famous French astronomer Urbain Le Verrier turned to astronomy...
on October 5, 1855, and named after the Greek mythological
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
heroine Atalanta
Atalanta
Atalanta is a character in Greek mythology.-Legend:Atalanta was the daughter of Iasus , a Boeotian or an Arcadian princess . She is often described as a goddess. Apollodorus is the only one who gives an account of Atalanta’s birth and upbringing...
(of which Atalante is the German form).