(436) Patricia
Asteroid (436) Patricia |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Outer main belt |
Major semi-axis | 3.205 AU |
eccentricity | 0.063 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.003 AU - 3.407 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 18.5 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 351.5 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 38.8 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | November 27, 2007 |
Sidereal period | 5 a 269 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.6 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 60 ± 4.2 km |
Albedo | 0.0599 |
Rotation period | 16 h 8 min |
Absolute brightness | 9.8 likes |
history | |
Explorer | M. Wolf . A. Schwassmann |
Date of discovery | September 13, 1898 |
Another name | 1898 DT, 1938 XF, 1972 TJ |
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(436) Patricia is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 13, 1898 by the German astronomers Max Wolf and Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann in Heidelberg .
It is not known how the name of the asteroid is derived from.