114 Kassandra

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name=114 Kassandra
discoverer=Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
discovered=July 23, 1871
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=400.339 Gm (2.676 AU)
perihelion=345.330 Gm (2.308 AU)
aphelion=455.349 Gm (3.044 AU)
eccentricity=0.137
period=1599.016 d (4.38 a)
inclination=4.936°
asc_node=164.350°
arg_peri=352.977°
mean_anomaly=128.546°
avg_speed=18.12 km/s
dimensions=99.6 km
mass=1.0e|18 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0278 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0527 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=T
abs_magnitude=8.26
albedo=?
single_temperature=~170 K

114 Kassandra is a large and dark Main belt asteroid. It belongs to the rare class T. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 23, 1871, and is named after Cassandra, the prophetess in the tales of the Trojan War.