429 Lotis

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429 Lotis
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date23 November 1897
Designations
(429) Lotis
Pronunciation/ˈltɪs/[1]
1897 DL
Minor planet categoryMain belt
AdjectivesLotidian /lˈtɪdiən/
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc114.49 yr (41818 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.9274 astronomical unit|AU (437.93 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.2872 AU (342.16 Gm)
2.6073 AU (390.05 Gm)
Eccentricity0.12278
Orbital period4.21 yr (1537.7 d)
Average Orbital speed18.44 km/s
Mean anomaly89.1827°
Mean motion0° 14m 2.796s / day
Inclination9.5335°
Longitude of ascending node219.980°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions62±km[3]
Rotation period13.577 h (0.5657 d)
Geometric albedo0.0430±0.002
C?
Absolute magnitude (H)9.82


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.[4]

References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. "429 Lotis (1897 DL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=429;cad=1. 
  3. Choukroun, A.; Marciniak, A.; Ďurech, J.; Perła, J.; Ogłoza, W.; Szakats, R.; Molnar, L.; Pal, A. et al. (2025). "Asteroid sizes determined with thermophysical model and stellar occultations". Astronomy & Astrophysics 698: A298. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202554476. Bibcode2025A&A...698A.298C. 
  4. Magri, Christopher et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003", Icarus 186 (1): 126–151, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, Bibcode2007Icar..186..126M, http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/MBAs/magri.etal.2007.mbas.pdf, retrieved 2015-04-14. 





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