Astronomy:436 Patricia
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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
.png) A three-dimensional model of 436 Patricia based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. F. Wolf A. Schwassmann |
| Discovery date | 13 September 1898 |
| Designations | |
| (436) Patricia | |
| 1898 DT | |
| Minor planet category | Main belt |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.57 yr (42944 d) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.41751 astronomical unit|AU (511.252 Gm) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.98579 AU (446.668 Gm) |
| 3.20165 AU (478.960 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.067422 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 yr (2092.5 d) |
| Mean anomaly | 181.995° |
| Mean motion | 0° 10m 19.362s / day |
| Inclination | 18.5096° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 351.343° |
| 41.1947° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 59.53±4.2 km |
| Rotation period | 16.133 h (0.6722 d) |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0599±0.009 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.0 |
Patricia (minor planet designation: 436 Patricia) is a large Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 13 September 1898 in Heidelberg.[2]
References
- ↑ "436 Patricia (1898 DT)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=436;cad=1.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (5th rev. & enl. ed.). Berlin: Springer. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 436 Patricia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2002)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 436 Patricia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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