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102678 (1999 VL68)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2102678
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 20 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1986398645807125 4.1876e-08  
a 2.403264187375476 1.2154e-08 au
q 1.925880114643535 9.8984e-08 au
i 2.1445883561074 4.5975e-06 deg
node 204.8182378431422 0.00010039 deg
peri 144.9378894929181 0.00010132 deg
M 284.6903443323462 1.8979e-05 deg
tp 2459485.174692504194
(2021-Sep-27.67469250)		 7.3462e-05 TDB
period 1360.820048809852
3.73		 1.0323e-05
2.826e-08		 d
yr
n .2645463669607523 2.0068e-09 deg/d
Q 2.880648260107417 1.4568e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      809  
   data-arc span      9584 days (26.24 yr)  
   first obs. used      1994-04-16  
   last obs. used      2020-07-12  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55035  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-12 19:53:17  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .918532 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.55238 au 
 T_jup = 3.496 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.55   n/a E2021B55  
diameter diameter 1.594 km 0.365 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.439   0.107 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

102678 (1999 VL68)          Discovered 1999-Nov-04 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20051019/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2005-10-26
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