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429 Lotis
Lotis
is a large
Main belt asteroid
. It is classified as a
probable
C-type asteroid
and is
likely
composed of
primitive
carbonaceous
materials
. This
object
was
discovered
by
Auguste Charlois
on
23 November
1897
in
Nice
.
In 2002, the
asteroid
was detected by
radar
from the
Arecibo Observatory
at a
distance
of 1.
31
AU
. The resulting
data
yielded an
effective
diameter
of.