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8559 (1995 QM2)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2008559
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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 .09968050403231558 7.6472e-08  
a 2.770846334146893 3.2157e-08 AU
q 2.494646974963036 2.1645e-07 AU
i 4.570411958024859 7.2369e-06 deg
node 109.1574919382362 9.3152e-05 deg
peri 215.6773143508806 9.9914e-05 deg
M 308.8636767066007 4.0411e-05 deg
tp 2456639.800765047067
(2013-Dec-13.30076505)		 0.00019051 JED
period 1684.678715023384
4.61		 2.9327e-05
8.029e-08		 d
yr
n .2136905967824275 3.72e-09 deg/d
Q 3.047045693330749 3.5363e-08 AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1023  
   data-arc span      8806 days (24.11 yr)  
   first obs. used      1989-03-07  
   last obs. used      2013-04-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .5695  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:31:44  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.48388 AU 
 T_jup = 3.325 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.1 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 31509)  

8559 (1995 QM2)          Discovered 1995-Aug-25 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura (905)
Reference: 19980313/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1995 QM2 = 1989 GB8 = 1993 BK6 = 1993 DF3 
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