429 Lotis

Minor Planet | name=429 Lotis
discoverer=Auguste Charlois
discovery_date=November 23, 1897
designations=1897 DL
category=Main belt
epoch=30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
semimajor=390.226 Gm (2.608 AU)
perihelion=342.388 Gm (2.289 AU)
aphelion=438.064 Gm (2.928 AU)
eccentricity=0.123
period=1538.78 d (4.21 a)
inclination=9.524°
asc_node=220.046°
arg_peri=168.602°
mean_anomaly=185.257°
speed=18.44 km/s
dimensions=70.0 km
mass="unknown"
density="unknown"
gravity="unknown"
escape_velocity="unknown"
rotation="unknown"
spectral_class=C?
abs_mag=9.82
albedo="unknown"
temperature="unknown"

429 Lotis is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a probable C-type asteroid and is likely composed of primitive carbonaceous materials.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on November 23, 1897 in Nice.