451 Patientia
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451 Patientia is an asteroid
of the asteroid belt
and with a diameter of 225 km is one of the larger asteroids in the belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois
on December 4, 1899. Its provisional designation was 1899 EY.
It regularly reaches 11th magnitude in brightness, as in January 11th, 2013 and December 12th, 2017 when in favorable oppositions will be at magnitudes 10.7 and 10.4 respectively, very bright for a later-discovered minor planet.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
of the asteroid belt
Asteroid belt
The asteroid belt is the region of the Solar System located roughly between the orbits of the planets Mars and Jupiter. It is occupied by numerous irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids or minor planets...
and with a diameter of 225 km is one of the larger asteroids in the belt. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois
Auguste Charlois
Auguste Honoré Charlois was a French astronomer who discovered 99 asteroids while working in Nice.His first discovery was the asteroid 267 Tirza in 1887...
on December 4, 1899. Its provisional designation was 1899 EY.
It regularly reaches 11th magnitude in brightness, as in January 11th, 2013 and December 12th, 2017 when in favorable oppositions will be at magnitudes 10.7 and 10.4 respectively, very bright for a later-discovered minor planet.