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9161 Beaufort (1987 BZ1)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2009161
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Orbit Diagram
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Orbit Viewer applet originally written and kindly provided by Osamu Ajiki (AstroArts), and further modified by Ron Baalke (JPL).


Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1337770221627189 5.7809e-08  
a 2.657291426677976 2.2234e-08 AU
q 2.301806892598473 1.5316e-07 AU
i 14.06565781268072 8.4911e-06 deg
node 140.0857768341519 2.5368e-05 deg
peri 279.9845880713031 4.1638e-05 deg
M 71.76853108423794 3.1858e-05 deg
tp 2456085.080337238963
(2012-Jun-06.58033724)		 0.00013981 JED
period 1582.184794345218
4.33		 1.9858e-05
5.437e-08		 d
yr
n .2275334722509356 2.8557e-09 deg/d
Q 3.012775960757479 2.5208e-08 AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      860  
   data-arc span      9583 days (26.24 yr)  
   first obs. used      1987-01-27  
   last obs. used      2013-04-23  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .55958  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:34:28  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.36312 AU 
 T_jup = 3.332 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.4 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 32415)  

9161 Beaufort           Discovered 1987 Jan. 26 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
Francis Beaufort (1774-1857) was an admiral of the British Navy who devised the scale for classifying wind force at sea. Since the (originally 13) force numbers of the Beaufort scale made no reference to the speed of the wind, many attempts have been made to relate the numbers with wind velocity.
NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character)
Reference: 20030106/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2003-10-02

Alternate Designations
 1987 BZ1 = 1996 DM 
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