(436) Patricia Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 September 1898 by Wolf, M. F., Schwassmann, A. at Heidelberg.
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Where Patricia is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Patricia is 3.27 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 436 |
| Provisional designation | A898 RC |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 58.6 km (#608 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Rotation period | 16.1 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.02 |
| Orbital period | 5.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.20 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.97 – 3.43 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0717 |
| Inclination | 18.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.00 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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