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Dembowska (minor planet 349)
An asteroid that is very red in color and of a unique type (R); it was discovered in 1892 by the French astronomer August Charlois. Dembowska is highly irregular in shape, spins around 5 times a day, and has a surface made up largely of the bright green mineral, olivine. Its composition seems closely to match that of the pyroxene-olivine achondrite meteorites.
| Diameter | 160 km |
| Spectral class | R |
| Semimajor axis | 2.925 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0856 |
| Inclination | 15.94° |
| Period | 5.00 years |
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