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441 Bathilde

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Discovered by
  
Auguste Charlois

Alternative names
  
1898 ED

Observation arc
  
117.20 yr (42808 d)

Discovered
  
8 December 1898

Orbits
  
Sun

Discovery site
  
Nice Observatory

Discovery date
  
8 December 1898

Minor planet category
  
Main belt

Aphelion
  
3.0266 AU (452.77 Gm)

Inclination
  
8.1476°

Discoverer
  
Auguste Charlois

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

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Similar
  
272 Antonia, 360 Carlova, 426 Hippo, 417 Suevia, 161 Athor

441 Bathilde is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by French astronomer Auguste Charlois on December 8, 1898 in Nice.

10µ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 64 km.

References

441 Bathilde Wikipedia