436 Patricia Explained

Minorplanet:	yes
Background:	D6D6D6
436 Patricia
Discovered:	13 September 1898
Mpc Name:	(436) Patricia
Alt Names:	1898 DT
Epoch:	31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Semimajor:	3.20165AU
Perihelion:	2.98579AU
Aphelion:	3.41751abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Eccentricity:	0.067422
Period:	5.73 yr (2092.5 d)
Inclination:	18.5096°
Asc Node:	351.343°
Arg Peri:	41.1947°
Rotation:	16.133abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Abs Magnitude:	10.0
Mean Motion:	/ day
Orbit Ref:	^[1]
Observation Arc:	117.57 yr (42944 d)
Uncertainty:	0

436 Patricia is a large Main belt asteroid.

It was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on 13 September 1898 in Heidelberg.^[2]

External links

• Lightcurve plot of 436 Patricia, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2002)
• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 436 Patricia (1898 DT) . . . 10 May 2016.
2. Book: Schmadel, Lutz D. . Dictionary of minor planet names . 2003 . Springer . 978-3-540-00238-3 . 5th rev. & enl. . Berlin.