| 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 |
| 4.21yr (1537.7d) | |
Averageorbital speed | 18.44 km/s |
| 89.1827° | |
| 0° 14m 2.796s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.5335° |
| 219.980° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 62±1 km[3] |
| 13.577 h (0.5657 d) | |
| 0.0430±0.002 | |
| C? | |
| 9.82 | |
429 Lotis is a largeMain beltasteroid. It is classified as a probableC-type asteroid and is likely composed of primitivecarbonaceous materials. This object was discovered byAuguste Charlois on 23 November 1897 inNice.
In 2002, the asteroid was detected by radar from theArecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.31 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of70 ± 10 km.[4]
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