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3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA)
Classification: Amor [NEO]          SPK-ID: 2003552
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 119 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .713057182980361 4.097e-08  
a 4.22211686971472 1.1501e-08 AU
q 1.211506108382082 1.7372e-07 AU
i 30.95990597417811 1.1745e-05 deg
node 350.3062121917702 1.7759e-05 deg
peri 317.0539130239989 1.8644e-05 deg
M 149.8123795387838 3.2567e-06 deg
tp 2455081.821261037482
(2009-Sep-07.32126104)
2.5715e-05 JED
period 3168.792508923529
8.68
1.2947e-05
3.545e-08
d
yr
n .1136079433999595 4.6419e-10 deg/d
Q 7.232727631047358 1.9702e-08 AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      618  
   data-arc span      10393 days (28.45 yr)  
   first obs. used      1983-09-10  
   last obs. used      2012-02-23  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .5647  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 15:43:24  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .303853 AU 
 T_jup = 2.316 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.0 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 17269)  
diameter diameter 19.0 km n/a Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543  
rotation period rot_per 7.7 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:
[Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R.; Greenberg, R.; et al. (1990) Icarus 86, 402-447.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.03   n/a Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543  
Tholen spectral type spec_T D   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 4 color indices
SMASSII spectral type spec_B D   n/a Binzel et al. (2004) Icarus 170, 259-294  

3552 Don Quixote (1983 SA)          Discovered 1983-Sep-26 by Wild, P. at Zimmerwald
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)
Body Nominal Distance (AU) Minimum Distance (AU) Maximum Distance (AU) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
1904-Sep-07 09:31 < 00:01 Earth 0.424910147198703 0.424895711682254 0.424924583208737 21.2226475735377 21.222352099918 2416730.896192260 0.333577267037906 950.174340344778 21.1090210142382 43.9663689815873 1851126.94420698 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
1913-Aug-31 08:28 < 00:01 Earth 0.318106896850172 0.318106336950257 0.318107457022777 17.5613128035087 17.5608358366673 2420010.852857496 0.22566091183631 556.24025987294 22.7938033493164 86.0704268912607 1758436.4827054 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
1920-Dec-29 20:37 < 00:01 Jupiter 0.602018255134087 0.602016305034804 0.602020205233118 11.8518873598389 11.732573927358 2422688.359114060 0.259038018290957 22.6745594211836 19.4931683254025 51.0842651366523 852303.017003885 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
1922-Sep-01 23:06 < 00:01 Earth 0.300020838667309 0.300020287902697 0.300021389525625 18.4408847925344 18.4404031943404 2423299.462553648 0.168522792588043 409.206724300001 22.7515793610669 86.3577046395194 1684750.34163183 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
1956-Mar-17 04:41 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.77299903128063 1.77299685613256 1.77300120642747 15.1911452936969 15.159664463243 2435549.695384489 0.149040789171088 34.8336638451098 26.2261876214149 -12.5460248973875 1916867.80127228 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
1957-Aug-30 04:24 < 00:01 Earth 0.305917417163053 0.305915698412395 0.305919135957679 17.6267540407591 17.6262599099957 2436080.683121243 0.0756890838298627 172.264203896257 21.7651513659055 -68.1087919816905 1650993.37766118 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
1983-Aug-30 02:05 < 00:01 Earth 0.317876246505363 0.317875321041477 0.317877171973781 17.5514889293965 17.5510113492966 2445576.586798581 0.0428002429513206 71.7731048057538 23.7981937273687 -65.1291174960382 1548214.9402998 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2016-Jan-06 11:49 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.60327589371526 1.60327326002302 1.60327852740897 8.21607049468508 8.15151516909085 2457393.992114279 0.338402242089819 22.4184307264414 6.47608681495228 -42.2589913972019 3567610.12259788 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2051-Aug-17 17:26 < 00:01 Jupiter 0.795888923069402 0.795887510289228 0.795890335848261 9.51186112234791 9.39930889294958 2470401.226463235 0.218307266545308 21.11617450704 9.08680865195988 -70.9862698612409 1971256.69419234 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2053-Aug-26 04:18 < 00:01 Earth 0.449352940179969 0.449349806812137 0.449356073653096 16.6696051748555 16.6692494582932 2471140.679117042 0.0508060597509555 309.807994927948 24.2255000538662 -67.3185440327175 2129377.22417382 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2062-Aug-27 03:09 < 00:01 Earth 0.425266102081866 0.425263658513992 0.425268546017312 17.1583134981054 17.1579483394407 2474428.631309650 0.0798850032277686 534.153939320878 23.9501524455579 -81.2144893953137 2201407.38596298 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2071-Aug-29 06:39 < 00:01 Earth 0.425260743952924 0.425256453387644 0.425265035319227 18.5353354505669 18.534997416423 2477717.777260054 0.156456347821222 823.0466865953 23.7471260295273 74.8711757464738 2216246.14109249 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2080-Aug-28 04:45 < 00:01 Earth 0.420639655580508 0.420634869851028 0.420644442893312 18.3992704978358 18.3989262227464 2481004.697798349 0.214563288940877 1132.54255202944 23.5376840022465 77.3833336042529 2231316.60731772 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2087-Mar-07 16:30 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.64512515087994 1.6451175296735 1.64513277211653 8.14730291247157 8.08386098690808 2483387.187696123 0.516822903850468 44.483562072349 4.98088595286078 33.4559509585675 3737434.97139187 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2089-Aug-26 04:25 < 00:01 Earth 0.45126363059651 0.451262067431526 0.451265197698676 17.3626964592818 17.3623563886712 2484289.683949255 0.16166108152267 1364.53209694539 24.4896579718364 -89.1327872428598 2319408.81462139 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
2169-Dec-06 11:24 < 00:01 Jupiter 0.828781435857967 0.828768338868794 0.828794532793182 12.6055357197046 12.5241970479249 2513610.975068850 0.664753950131201 166.199652900741 9.64955397842875 -14.4451930443116 674424.623108596 T 119 CATAB v2.0c-linF95 2013-Apr-29 15:43:25 2013-Apr-29 15:43
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