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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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