451 Patientia

451 Patientia
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date4 December 1899
Designations
(451) Patientia
Pronunciation/pætiˈɛnʃə/[1]
Named after
patience
1899 EY
Asteroid belt
AdjectivesPatientian
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc116.36 yr (42499 d)
Aphelion3.2929 AU (492.61 Gm) (Q)
Perihelion2.8304 AU (423.42 Gm) (q)
3.0616 AU (458.01 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity0.075545 (e)
5.36 yr (1956.7 d)
279.30° (M)
0° 11m 2.328s / day (n)
Inclination15.236° (i)
89.252° (Ω)
337.06° (ω)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions253.9±2.8 km[2]
234.4±10.2 km[3]
Mass(1.09 ± 0.53) × 1019 kg[3]
Mean density
1.60±0.80 g/cm3[3]
9.727 h (0.4053 d)[2]
0.0764±0.003[2]
6.65[2]

451 Patientia is approximately the 15th-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt with a diameter of 225 km. It was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on 4 December 1899, and assigned a provisional designation 1899 EY.

It regularly reaches 11th magnitude in brightness, as on 11 January 2013, and 12 December 2017, when in favorable oppositions will be at magnitudes 10.7 and 10.4 respectively, very bright for a later-discovered minor planet.[citation needed]

Multiple photometric studies of this asteroid were performed between 1969 and 2003. The combined data gave an irregular light curve with a synodic period of 9.730 ± 0.004 hours and a brightness variation of 0.05–0.10 in magnitude.[4]

  1. ^ Compare "sapiential". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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