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10648 Plancius (4089 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2010648
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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 .1796205442094882 4.1567e-08  
a 2.726980309055086 1.1802e-08 au
q 2.237158621894053 1.1065e-07 au
i 8.62743400442721 4.0461e-06 deg
node 204.2356805163328 2.3498e-05 deg
peri 163.1108547280387 2.5372e-05 deg
M 90.93878670561506 1.0178e-05 deg
tp 2458585.002816019255
(2019-Apr-11.50281602)		 4.5397e-05 TDB
period 1644.831558147809
4.50		 1.0678e-05
2.923e-08		 d
yr
n .2188673960058161 1.4208e-09 deg/d
Q 3.216801996216119 1.3922e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1499  
   data-arc span      21957 days (60.11 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2020-11-05  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47278  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-18 02:43:13  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.23811 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.26012 au 
 T_jup = 3.316 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.0   n/a MPO412260  

10648 Plancius           Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
Petrus Plancius (Pieter Platevoet, 1552-1622) was a Dutch theologian, astronomer, navigator and appointed cartographer to the new Dutch East India Company. Plancius depicted the 12 new southern constellations on a globe he constructed in 1598.
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Reference: 20020921/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2003-10-02

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Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
2131-Jun-27 12:18 00:02 Eunom 0.0433301725446493 0.0433226192927036 0.0433377279010089 5.31432382432099 5.31432376335952 2499569.012655058 1.53706491426852 608.073530016249 30.7497807032654 51.8384773134037 165777.532554297 T 30 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-18 02:43:17 2020-Dec-18 02:43

Alternate Designations
 4089 P-L = 1987 QX3 = 1987 SM20 
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