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8176 (1991 WA)
Classification: Apollo [NEO]          SPK-ID: 2008176
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 82 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .6428225381616048 5.6619e-08  
a 1.574740458544488 4.5207e-09 AU
q .5624618000371506 9.0412e-08 AU
i 39.62250402079606 1.6825e-05 deg
node 66.61658026121891 8.9104e-06 deg
peri 241.8152631788027 1.142e-05 deg
M 326.2576262099848 6.2795e-06 deg
tp 2456468.152684857914
(2013-Jun-24.65268486)
1.2655e-05 JED
period 721.7917358279072
1.98
3.1081e-06
8.51e-09
d
yr
n .4987588276929688 2.1477e-09 deg/d
Q 2.587019117051825 7.4267e-09 AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      542  
   data-arc span      7832 days (21.44 yr)  
   first obs. used      1991-12-01  
   last obs. used      2013-05-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .67707  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-May-22 01:47:35  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .193865 AU 
 T_jup = 3.953 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 17.1 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 31081)  
rotation period rot_per 7.111 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Incomplete or inconclusive result.
Published Reference List:
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (1997) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm]
SMASSII spectral type spec_B Q   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)

8176 (1991 WA)          Discovered 1991-Nov-29 by McNaught, R. H. at Siding Spring (413)
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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