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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 30 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | .1044805875612766 | 7.761e-08 | |
a | 2.527370709821335 | 7.948e-09 | au |
q | 2.263309533074042 | 1.9685e-07 | au |
i | 5.74207629676204 | 3.9332e-06 | deg |
node | 88.17478032866968 | 3.8752e-05 | deg |
peri | 93.47956204015168 | 4.6656e-05 | deg |
M | 335.6090734073877 | 2.9208e-05 | deg |
tp | 2459099.932337090988 (2020-Sep-07.43233709) | 0.00011912 | TDB |
period | 1467.580217456677 4.02 | 6.9228e-06 1.895e-08 | d yr |
n | .2453017529930197 | 1.1571e-09 | deg/d |
Q | 2.791431886568629 | 8.7784e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
absolute magnitude |
H |
12.6 |
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n/a |
MPO416725 |
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diameter |
diameter |
9.634 |
km |
0.105 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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rotation period |
rot_per |
10.96 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so. Published Reference List: [Binzel, R.P. (1987) Icarus 72, 135-208.] [Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.] [Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.] [Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D.A.; Behrend, R.; et al. (2016) Astron. Astrophys. 586, A108.] |
geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.138 |
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0.009 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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B-V |
BV |
0.920 |
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0.030 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 |
#obs=1; phase=3.90 deg. |
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1772 Gagarin (1968 CB) Discovered 1968-Feb-06 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj |
Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
1968 CB = 1940 GA = 1942 VZ = 1948 ET = 1960 FH = 1969 OO |
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