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7378 Herbertpalme (1981 EK18)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2007378
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: MPO256918 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.1286012 n/a  
a 3.1453352 n/a AU
q 2.7408413 n/a AU
i 1.30334 n/a deg
node 216.14792 n/a deg
peri 276.01578 n/a deg
M 310.81937 n/a deg
tp 2456678.8494868
(2014-Jan-21.34948680)
n/a JED
period 2037.5057262
5.58
n/a
n/a
d
yr
n 0.17668662 n/a deg/d
Q 3.5498291 n/a AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      948  
   first obs. used      1953-??-??  
   last obs. used      2013-03-14  
   # oppositions      17  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      0.49  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      MPCLINUX  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.196 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.9 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 28820)  

7378 Herbertpalme           Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.
Herbert Palme (b. 1943) is a professor at the Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, University of Cologne. He is a geochemist interested in all aspects of meteoritics and planetary science, with an emphasis on understanding the origin of components in chondritic meteorites.
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Reference: 20060809/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2007-08-08
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