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43 Ariadne

Classification: Main-belt Asteroid SPK-ID: 2000043

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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 80 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)

Element	Value	Uncertainty (1-sigma)	Units
e	.1681930820637029	5.0917e-08
a	2.203689761418775	3.3916e-09	AU
q	1.833044388533525	1.1221e-07	AU
i	3.470500802331514	6.2102e-06	deg
node	264.8733357276465	8.9603e-05	deg
peri	16.29419651606868	9.0934e-05	deg
M	194.7973723490339	1.7261e-05	deg
t_p	2456948.825644416608 (2014-Oct-18.32564442)	5.7623e-05	JED
period	1194.879493121818 3.27	2.7585e-06 7.552e-09	d yr
n	.3012856125427688	6.9554e-10	deg/d
Q	2.574335134304025	3.962e-09	AU

Orbit Determination Parameters

# obs. used (total)	1457
data-arc span	54272 days (148.59 yr)
first obs. used	1864-08-03
last obs. used	2013-03-07
planetary ephem.	DE405
SB-pert. ephem.	SB405-CPV-2
condition code	0
fit RMS	.62933
data source	ORB
producer	Otto Matic
solution date	2013-Mar-29 14:54:31

Additional Information

Earth MOID = .817021 AU

T_jup = 3.642

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Physical Parameter Table

Parameter	Symbol	Value	Units	Sigma	Reference	Notes
absolute magnitude	H	7.93	mag	n/a	IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0	IRAS observations used: 3
magnitude slope	G	0.11		n/a	PDS3 (MPC 17257)	Fit
diameter	diameter	65.88	km	2.5	IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0	IRAS observations used: 3
rotation period	rot_per	5.762	h	n/a	Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01)	Published Reference List: [Burchi, R.; Milano, L. (1974) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 15, 173-180.] [Lustig, G.; Dvorak, R. (1975) Acta Phys. Austriaca 43, 89-97.] [Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; van Houten, C.J.; Zappala, V. (1979) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 35, 223-232.] [Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R.; Greenberg, R.; et al. (1987) Icarus 70, 191-245.] [Di Martino, M.; Zappala, V.; De Sanctis, G.; Cacciatori, S. (1987) Icarus 69, 338-353.] [Michalowski, T. (1988) Acta Astronomica 38, 455-468.] [Drummond, J.D.; Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R. (1988) Icarus 76, 19-77.] [Magnusson, P. (1990) Icarus 85, 229-240.] [Drummond, J.D.; Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R. (1991) Icarus 89, 44-64.] [De Angelis, G. (1992) in Physical properties of small solar system bodies. A. Brahic, J.-C. Gerard, J. Surdej, eds. Universite de Liege, Institut d'Astrophysique, Liege, pp. 195-201.] [Michalowski, T. (1993) Icarus 106, 563-572.] [Dotto, E.; De Angelis, G.; Di Martino, M.; Barucci, M.A.; et al. (1995) Icarus 117, 313-327.] [De Angelis, G. (1995) Planet. Space Sci. 43, 649-682.] [Szabo, Gy.; Sarneczky, K.; Kiss, L.L. (1999) in Proc. IAU Coll. 173, Evolution and Source Regions of Asteroids and Comets, 185-188.] [Foerster, I.; Potthoff, H. (2001) Minor Planet Bul. 28, 25-26.] [Kaasalainen, M.; Torppa, J.; Piironen, J. (2002) Icarus 159, 369-395.] [Behrend, R. (2007) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Behrend, R. (2009) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Hamanowa, H.; Hamanowa, H. (2011) http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~hamaten/astlcdata.htm] [Behrend, R. (2012) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
geometric albedo	albedo	0.2740		0.022	IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0	IRAS observations used: 3
B-V	BV	.863	mag	.014	EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1	#obs=8; phase (min.=2.51, mean=11.50, max.=26.13) deg.
U-B	UB	.490	mag	.014	EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1	#obs=3; phase (min.=3.93, mean=13.67, max.=26.13) deg.
Tholen spectral type	spec_T	S		n/a	EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0	used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo
SMASSII spectral type	spec_B	Sk		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)

43 Ariadne Discovered 1857-Apr-15 by Pogson, N. R. at Oxford
Reference: DISCOVERY.DB	Last Updated: 2003-08-29

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