429 Lotis
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery date | 23 November 1897 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (429) Lotis |
Pronunciation | /ˈloʊtɪs/[1] |
1897 DL | |
Minor planet category | Main belt |
Adjectives | Lotidian /loʊˈtɪdiən/ |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 114.49 yr (41818 d) |
Aphelion | 2.9274 AU (437.93 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.2872 AU (342.16 Gm) |
2.6073 AU (390.05 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.12278 |
4.21 yr (1537.7 d) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.44 km/s |
89.1827° | |
0° 14m 2.796s / day | |
Inclination | 9.5335° |
219.980° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 69.62±1.5 km |
Synodic rotation period | 13.577 h (0.5657 d) |
0.0430±0.002 | |
C? | |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.82 |
Lotis (minor planet designation: 429 Lotis) is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a probable C-type asteroid and is likely composed of primitive carbonaceous materials. This object was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 23 November 1897 in Nice.
In 2002, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.31 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 70 ± 10 km.[3]
References[]
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ "429 Lotis (1897 DL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003" (PDF), Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, retrieved 14 April 2015.
External links[]
- 429 Lotis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 429 Lotis at the JPL Small-Body Database
Categories:
- Minor planet object articles (numbered)
- Background asteroids
- Discoveries by Auguste Charlois
- Minor planets named from Greek mythology
- Named minor planets
- C-type asteroids (Tholen)
- Astronomical objects discovered in 1897
- C-type main-belt-asteroid stubs