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383 Janina
Janina
is a
Themistian asteroid
,
approximately
in
diameter
. It is
spectral
B-type
and is
probably
composed of
primitive
carbonaceous chondritic
material
.
It was
discovered
by
Auguste Charlois
on
29 January
1894
in
Nice
. The
reference
of the name is
unknown
, though it's the
French name
of
Ioannina
in
Greece
, as well as a common
German
woman's name, both of which probably descend from
Johannes
.