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{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet=yes
| background=#D6D6D6
| name=424 Gratia
| discoverer=[[Auguste Charlois]]
| discovered=31 December 1896
| mpc_name=(424) Gratia
| alt_names=1896 DF
| pronounced={{IPAc-en|ˈ|g|r|eɪ|ʃ|(|i|)|ə}}<ref>{{dict.com|Gratiae}}<br />{{MW|Gratian}}</ref>
| named_after=The [[Charites]]
| mp_category=[[Asteroid belt|Main belt]]
| epoch=31 July 2016 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2457600.5)
| semimajor={{Convert|2.77421|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| perihelion={{Convert|2.47464|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| aphelion={{Convert|3.07379|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| eccentricity=0.10798
| period=4.62 [[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (1687.8 [[Julian year (astronomy)|d]])
| inclination=8.20911°
| asc_node=99.2454°
| arg_peri=331.822°
| mean_anomaly=350.256[[Degree (angle)|°]]
| dimensions={{val|87.20|1.8|ul=km}}
| mass=
| density=
| rotation={{Convert|19.47|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| spectral_type=
| abs_magnitude=9.5
| albedo={{val|0.0279|0.001}}
| mean_motion={{Deg2DMS|0.213302|sup=ms}} / day
| orbit_ref=<ref name="jpldata">{{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=424;cad=1 |title=424 Gratia (1896 DF) |work=[[JPL Small-Body Database]] |publisher=[[NASA]]/[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]] |access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref>
| observation_arc=117.66 yr (42975 d)
| uncertainty=0
}}
'''424 Gratia''' is a large [[Asteroid belt|Main belt]] [[asteroid]].
It was discovered by [[Auguste Charlois]] on 31 December 1896 in [[Nice]].
It was named after the Gratiae from Greek mythology.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{AstDys|424}}
* {{JPL small body}}
{{Minor planets navigator |423 Diotima |number=424 |425 Cornelia}}
{{Small Solar System bodies}}
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[[Category:Background asteroids]]
[[Category:Named minor planets|Gratia]]
[[Category:Astronomical objects discovered in 1896|18961231]]
[[Category:Discoveries by Auguste Charlois|Gratia]]
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