74 Galatea
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| Orbital period | 1,692 days |
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| Discovered | August 29, 1862 |
| Gravity | 0. 0332 m/s² |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Discoverer | Wilhelm Tempel |
| Spectral type | C-type asteroid |
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| ID | 2957726 |
About 74 Galatea
Galatea is a large C-type main-belt asteroid. Its carbonaceous surface is very dark in color with an albedo of just 0. 034. Galatea was found by the prolific comet discoverer Ernst Tempel on August 29, 1862, in Marseilles, France. It was his third asteroid discovery.
