| 6569 Ondaatje (1993 MO) |
| Classification: Amor [NEO] SPK-ID: 2006569 |
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 92 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .220813137098559 | 1.9593e-07 | |
| a | 1.626352669243108 | 2.1583e-08 | AU |
| q | 1.267232634318922 | 3.0549e-07 | AU |
| i | 22.64120443701885 | 1.3794e-05 | deg |
| node | 111.5061461163637 | 1.9275e-05 | deg |
| peri | 167.2610746091894 | 5.7994e-05 | deg |
| M | 192.8566237450873 | 9.6738e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2456752.228197862717
(2014-Apr-04.72819786) | 0.00021045 | JED |
| period | 757.5660733181835
2.07 | 1.5081e-05
4.129e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .4752060746637967 | 9.4598e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 1.985472704167293 | 2.6349e-08 | AU |
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Additional Information
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
16.5 |
mag |
n/a |
PDS3 (MPC 25634) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
5.959 |
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:
[Pravec, P.; Sarounova, L.; Wolf, M. (1996) Icarus 124, 471-482.] |
| SMASSII spectral type |
spec_B |
Sr |
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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) |
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| 6569 Ondaatje | Discovered 1993 June 22 by J. Mueller at Palomar. |
| Michael Ondaatje (b. 1943), a Canadian novelist, poet and writer, was born in Sri Lanka into a Burgher family. Best known for his novel The English Patient, adapted into an award-winning movie, he returned to his Sri Lankan origins in two other books, Running in the Family and Anil's Ghost. |
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| Reference: 20060613/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2008-05-22 |
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