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159 Aemilia
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000159
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455200.5 (2010-Jan-04.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 46 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1106816271187542 6.4395e-08  
a 3.098783793847887 1.2658e-08 AU
q 2.755805361455577 2.01e-07 AU
i 6.128460516926289 5.0327e-06 deg
node 134.3203209641578 7.1617e-05 deg
peri 334.9752468870331 7.7336e-05 deg
M 139.358858636486 3.1511e-05 deg
tp 2454429.210496855549
(2007-Nov-24.71049686)
0.00017304 JED
period 1992.440407798419
5.46
1.2208e-05
3.342e-08
d
yr
n .1806829446898179 1.1071e-09 deg/d
Q 3.441762226240197 1.4059e-08 AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1188  
   data-arc span      38546 days (105.53 yr)  
   first obs. used      1904-01-11  
   last obs. used      2009-07-24  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   quality code      0  
   fit RMS      .63891  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2009-Aug-09 11:42:03  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.77381 AU 
 T_jup = 3.204 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 8.12 mag n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 17
diameter diameter 124.97 km 2.4 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 17
rotation period rot_per 25. h n/a IAU Lightcurve Data
(A.W. Harris, E-mail Mar. 2006)
No lightcurve published
Published Reference List:
[Harris, A.W., Young, J.W.: 1989, Icarus 81, 314-364.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.0639   0.003 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 17
B-V BV .700 mag .026 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 #obs=3; phase (min.=5.71, mean=8.02, max.=9.80) deg.
U-B UB .380 mag .027 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 #obs=3; phase (min.=5.71, mean=8.02, max.=9.80) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T C   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo
SMASSII spectral type spec_B Ch   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

159 Aemilia           Discovered 1876-Jan-26 by Henry, Paul at Paris
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1959 EG1 
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