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4688 (1980 WF)
Classification: Amor [NEO]          SPK-ID: 2004688
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 37 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .5154116534534029 8.5686e-08  
a 2.234889652358994 4.1566e-09 AU
q 1.083001481350744 1.8973e-07 AU
i 6.378613921169779 1.2151e-05 deg
node 241.3524311200066 4.946e-05 deg
peri 213.5274476598913 6.0961e-05 deg
M 245.8652174823175 1.3168e-05 deg
tp 2456787.399411195207
(2014-May-09.89941120)
4.5477e-05 JED
period 1220.344797246148
3.34
3.4045e-06
9.321e-09
d
yr
n .2949985945057351 8.2298e-10 deg/d
Q 3.386777823367243 6.2989e-09 AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      198  
   data-arc span      11050 days (30.25 yr)  
   first obs. used      1980-11-29  
   last obs. used      2011-03-02  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .63711  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 15:43:35  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .113597 AU 
 T_jup = 3.445 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 19.0 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 28112)  
diameter diameter 0.6 km n/a Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543  
geometric albedo albedo 0.18   n/a Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543  
B-V BV .930 mag .047 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 #obs=2; phase (min.=21.35, mean=21.82, max.=22.29) deg.
U-B UB .463 mag .059 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 #obs=2; phase (min.=21.35, mean=21.82, max.=22.29) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T QU   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo
SMASSII spectral type spec_B V   n/a Binzel et al. (2004) Icarus 170, 259-294  

4688 (1980 WF)          Discovered 1980-Nov-29 by Kowal, C. T. at Palomar (675)
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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