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399 Persephone (1895 BP)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000399
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2455200.5 (2010-Jan-04.0) TDB
Reference: MPO77281 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.0699482 n/a  
a 3.0578257 n/a AU
q 2.8439363 n/a AU
i 13.11623 n/a deg
node 346.43408 n/a deg
peri 192.59633 n/a deg
M 173.01722 n/a deg
tp 2454261.8485982
(2007-Jun-10.34859820)		 n/a JED
period 1953.0686289
5.35		 n/a
n/a		 d
yr
n 0.18432532 n/a deg/d
Q 3.2717151 n/a AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      498  
   first obs. used      1895-??-??  
   last obs. used      2005-01-08  
   # oppositions      40  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   quality code      0  
   fit RMS      0.54  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      Goffin  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.191 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 9.00 mag n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 14
diameter diameter 49.13 km 4.0 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 14
rotation period rot_per 9.136 h n/a IAU Lightcurve Data
(A.W. Harris, E-mail Mar. 2006)		 Published Reference List:
[Bembrick, C.: 2002, Minor Planet Bul. 29, 76-78.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.1838   0.034 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 14
SMASSII spectral type spec_B X   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)

399 Persephone (1895 BP)           Discovered 1895-Feb-23 by Wolf, M. at Heidelberg (024)
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1895 BP = 1948 CC 
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