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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1044805850222101 | 7.7659e-08 | |
| a | 2.527370709985636 | 7.9511e-09 | au |
| q | 2.263309539638338 | 1.9698e-07 | au |
| i | 5.742076288445067 | 3.9347e-06 | deg |
| node | 88.17478029776782 | 3.8753e-05 | deg |
| peri | 93.47956308394126 | 4.6671e-05 | deg |
| M | 335.6090720887504 | 2.9243e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459099.932342476257
(2020-Sep-07.43234248) | 0.00011926 | TDB |
| period | 1467.580217599785
4.02 | 6.9255e-06
1.896e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2453017529690997 | 1.1576e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.791431880332934 | 8.7818e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.6 |
|
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. 2019-August); 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 |
|
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 |
|
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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