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436 Patricia

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
MPC designation	(436) Patricia
Alternative designations	1898 DT
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
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)
Semi-major axis	3.20165 AU (478.960 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.067422
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.73 yr (2092.5 d)
Mean anomaly	181.995°
Mean motion	0° 10 19.362 / day
Inclination	18.5096°
Longitude of ascending node	351.343°
Argument of perihelion	41.1947°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	59.53±4.2 km
Synodic rotation period	16.133 h (0.6722 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0599±0.009
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.0

436 Patricia is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 13 September 1898 in Heidelberg.

References

1. "436 Patricia (1898 DT)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
2. 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
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

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