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.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
| Discovery date | 23 November 1897 |
| Designations | |
| (429) Lotis | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈloʊtɪs/[1] |
| 1897 DL | |
| 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 |
| 13.577 h (0.5657 d) | |
| 0.0430±0.002 | |
| C? | |
| 9.82 | |
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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 429 Lotis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 429 Lotis at the JPL Small-Body Database
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