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8908 (1995 WY6)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2008908
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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 .03614842924530743 8.5197e-08  
a 2.999873963435159 3.6565e-08 AU
q 2.891433231723083 2.6588e-07 AU
i 10.9949973473423 7.8619e-06 deg
node 58.35075202449087 3.7561e-05 deg
peri 168.5660979625083 0.00010775 deg
M 322.2696550293263 0.00010221 deg
tp 2456599.402945770781
(2013-Nov-02.90294577)		 0.00053881 JED
period 1897.810914083534
5.20		 3.4698e-05
9.5e-08		 d
yr
n .189692238214283 3.4682e-09 deg/d
Q 3.108314695147235 3.7887e-08 AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1012  
   data-arc span      14035 days (38.43 yr)  
   first obs. used      1974-11-15  
   last obs. used      2013-04-19  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .55585  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:33:16  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.8816 AU 
 T_jup = 3.224 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.3 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 31925)  

8908 (1995 WY6)          Discovered 1995-Nov-18 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro (399)
Reference: 19980610/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1995 WY6 = 1974 VU1 = 1997 CN27 
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