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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