(436) Patricia

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Asteroid
(436) Patricia
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.

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