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3363 Bowen (1960 EE)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003363
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Orbit Viewer applet originally written and kindly provided by Osamu Ajiki (AstroArts), and further modified by Ron Baalke (JPL).


Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: MPO240220 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.1018121 n/a  
a 2.7757274 n/a AU
q 2.4931248 n/a AU
i 3.32826 n/a deg
node 183.22068 n/a deg
peri 313.09653 n/a deg
M 202.15711 n/a deg
tp 2457141.1041904
(2015-Apr-28.60419040)
n/a JED
period 1689.1322032
4.62
n/a
n/a
d
yr
n 0.21312719 n/a deg/d
Q 3.0583300 n/a AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1150  
   first obs. used      1953-??-??  
   last obs. used      2012-10-07  
   # oppositions      27  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      0.55  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      MPCLINUX  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.325 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.0 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 17268)  
SMASSII spectral type spec_B Sq   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)

3363 Bowen (1960 EE)          Discovered 1960-Mar-06 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn
Discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program, Goethe Link Observatory, University of Indiana. This program was conceived and directed by F. K. Edmondson; the plates were blinked and measured astrometrically by B. Potter and, following her retirement, by D. Owings; and the photometry was performed under the direction of T. Gehrels. During the years 1947-1967, in which the plates were exposed, a large number of people participated in various aspects of the program.
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1960 EE = 1953 TM3 = 1972 XB2 = 1974 HA1 = 1976 SB3 = 1981 SX8 = 1981 UR14 = 1981 WJ = 1983 CL3 = 1985 RK2 
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