.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 | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 ( JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 117.57 yr (42944 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.41751 AU (511.252 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.98579 AU (446.668 Gm) |
| 3.20165 AU (478.960 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.067422 |
| 5.73 yr (2092.5 d) | |
| 181.995 ° | |
| 0° 10m 19.362s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.5096° |
| 351.343° | |
| 41.1947° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 59.53±4.2 km |
| 16.133 h (0.6722 d) | |
| 0.0599±0.009 | |
| 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. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ 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 Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- 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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