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50768 Ianwessen (2000 FW2)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2050768
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .07489875240870783 7.5771e-08  
a 2.64051310408363 3.1489e-08 AU
q 2.442741966868922 1.9941e-07 AU
i 12.63925648904898 8.1828e-06 deg
node 95.26718521432605 3.682e-05 deg
peri 246.2248922377914 7.3688e-05 deg
M 236.219504287012 6.9131e-05 deg
tp 2456939.365816267676
(2014-Oct-08.86581627)		 0.00030665 JED
period 1567.223436446526
4.29		 2.8035e-05
7.676e-08		 d
yr
n .2297056001256929 4.109e-09 deg/d
Q 2.838284241298339 3.3848e-08 AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      619  
   data-arc span      5258 days (14.40 yr)  
   first obs. used      1998-11-25  
   last obs. used      2013-04-18  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .58059  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 16:21:56  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.4616 AU 
 T_jup = 3.357 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.859 mag .51677 1 autocmod 2.5c

50768 Ianwessen           Discovered 2000 Mar. 27 by G. Hug at the Farpoint Observatory.
Ian Remington Wessen (b. 1992) has excelled as an honor student in high school, spent two summers learning the Russian language and six weeks working for the Europa Jupiter System Mission team. His goal is to become an astrophysicist.
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Reference: 20100130/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2013-03-29

Alternate Designations
 2000 FW2 = 1998 YO29 
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