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535 Montague (A904 JE)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000535
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 65 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .02479278409827976 3.1379e-08  
a 2.569589788352 6.9492e-09 au
q 2.505882503508245 8.1285e-08 au
i 6.773538831005415 4.0448e-06 deg
node 84.78045349599388 2.8326e-05 deg
peri 68.31727149718883 8.6211e-05 deg
M 184.1956648105007 8.1554e-05 deg
tp 2459935.218884826222
(2022-Dec-21.71888483)		 0.00034117 TDB
period 1504.506690647514
4.12		 6.1032e-06
1.671e-08		 d
yr
n .2392810894347449 9.7067e-10 deg/d
Q 2.633297073195756 7.1215e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3463  
   data-arc span      42612 days (116.67 yr)  
   first obs. used      1904-05-07  
   last obs. used      2021-01-05  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .40437  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 00:47:28  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.5258 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.35665 au 
 T_jup = 3.420 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 9.41   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 79.299 km 0.978 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 10.2482 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Koff, R.A.; Brincat, S.M. (2001) Minor Planet Bull. 28, 23.]
[Warner, B.D. (2006) Minor Planet Bull. 33, 82-84.]
[Buchheim, R.K. (2011) Minor Planet Bull. 38, 128-130.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.054   0.012 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
B-V BV 0.752   0.022 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=.46, mean=.66, max.=.85) deg.
U-B UB 0.419   0.020 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=.46 deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T C   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 2 color indices

535 Montague (A904 JE)          Discovered 1904-May-07 by Dugan, R. S. at Heidelberg
May 9, given by some authorities, is erroneous.
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 A904 JE = 1953 FV1 = 1959 VL = A903 BD 
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