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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1664730518926199 | 5.4414e-08 | |
| a | 2.349328397698367 | 9.9616e-09 | AU |
| q | 1.958228529435522 | 1.2879e-07 | AU |
| i | 2.012842202568832 | 5.969e-06 | deg |
| node | 228.6416653703469 | 0.0001448 | deg |
| peri | 10.08426271698488 | 0.00014579 | deg |
| M | 320.8459446473934 | 1.7315e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2456543.550134010591
(2013-Sep-08.05013401) | 6.3487e-05 | JED |
| period | 1315.26728917454
3.60 | 8.3655e-06
2.29e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2737086240667747 | 1.7409e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.740428265961213 | 1.162e-08 | AU |
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Additional Information
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
14.9 |
mag |
n/a |
PDS3 (MPC 17267) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
30.9 |
h |
n/a |
Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) |
Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Molnar, L.A.; Haegert, M.J. (2007) Minor Planet Bul. 34, 126-128.] |
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| 3091 van den Heuvel (6081 P-L) Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by PLS at Palomar (675) |
| These planets have all been discovered as a result of the Palomar survey of faint minor planets and subsequently identified with planets observed at other oppositions. In Sept. and Oct. 1960, T. Gehrels exposed 130 plates with the 122 cm Schmidt camera at Palomar. In the following years C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld measured these plates astrometrically and photometrically at Leiden. P. Herget, Cincinnati, computed the orbits of the planets found on the NORC computer, Dahlgren, Virginia, USA. |
| Note: "planet" implies "minor planet" |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
| 6081 P-L = 1970 GE2 = 1977 EC8 |
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