Astronomy:451 Patientia

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
451 Patientia
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date4 December 1899
Designations
(451) Patientia
Pronunciation/pætiˈɛnʃə/[1]
Named afterpatience
1899 EY
Minor planet categoryAsteroid belt
AdjectivesPatientian
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.36 yr (42499 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.2929 astronomical unit|AU (492.61 Gm) (Q)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.8304 AU (423.42 Gm) (q)
3.0616 AU (458.01 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity0.075545 (e)
Orbital period5.36 yr (1956.7 d)
Mean anomaly279.30° (M)
Mean motion0° 11m 2.328s / day (n)
Inclination15.236° (i)
Longitude of ascending node89.252° (Ω)
337.06° (ω)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions253.9±2.8 km[2]
234.4±10.2 km[3]
Mass(1.09 ± 0.53) × 1019 kg[3]
Mean density1.60±0.80 g/cm3[3]
Rotation period9.727 h (0.4053 d)[2]
Geometric albedo0.0764±0.003[2]
Absolute magnitude (H)6.65[2]


Patientia (minor planet designation: 451 Patientia) is approximately the 15th-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt with a diameter of 225 km. It was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 4 December 1899, and assigned a provisional designation 1899 EY.

It regularly reaches 11th magnitude in brightness, as on 11 January 2013, and 12 December 2017, when in favorable oppositions will be at magnitudes 10.7 and 10.4 respectively, very bright for a later-discovered minor planet.[citation needed]

Multiple photometric studies of this asteroid were performed between 1969 and 2003. The combined data gave an irregular light curve with a synodic period of 9.730 ± 0.004 hours and a brightness variation of 0.05–0.10 in magnitude.[4]

References

  1. Compare sapiential (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press, September 2005, http://oed.com/search?searchType=dictionary&q=sapiential  (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Yeomans, Donald K., "451 Patientia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=451, retrieved 10 May 2016. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: pp. 98–118, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, Bibcode2012P&SS...73...98C.  See Table 1.
  4. Michałowski, T. et al. (April 2005), "Photometry and models of selected main belt asteroids. II. 173 Ino, 376 Geometria, and 451 Patientia", Astronomy and Astrophysics 443 (1): pp. 329–335, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053656, Bibcode2005A&A...443..329M. 

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