114 Kassandra
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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | July 23, 1871 |
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Designations
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| Named after | Cassandra |
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Main belt |
| Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5) | |
| Aphelion | 455.349 Gm (3.044 AU) |
| Perihelion | 345.330 Gm (2.308 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 400.339 Gm (2.676 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.137 |
| Orbital period | 1599.016 d (4.38 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.12 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 128.546° |
| Inclination | 4.936° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 164.350° |
| Argument of perihelion | 352.977° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | 99.6 km |
| Mass | 1.0×1018 kg |
| Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | 0.0278 m/s² |
| Escape velocity | 0.0527 km/s |
| Rotation period | ? d |
| Albedo | ? |
| Temperature | ~170 K |
| Spectral type | T |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.26 |
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. The asteroid is featured in the 2009 film Meteor: Path to Destruction, in which it is split in two by a comet, and set on a collision course with Earth.
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