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11263 Pesonen (1979 OA)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2011263
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .3802684075876276 3.953e-08  
a 2.900424076978451 1.5148e-08 au
q 1.797484431897041 1.1269e-07 au
i 25.20348916261825 4.3523e-06 deg
node 297.6710081497488 1.5734e-05 deg
peri 341.8892510779083 2.0744e-05 deg
M 143.4490547973168 1.6282e-05 deg
tp 2458481.571220026979
(2018-Dec-29.07122003)		 7.9236e-05 TDB
period 1804.224929581959
4.94		 1.4134e-05
3.87e-08		 d
yr
n .1995316626532882 1.5632e-09 deg/d
Q 4.003363722059862 2.0908e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1399  
   data-arc span      15123 days (41.40 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-07-23  
   last obs. used      2020-12-17  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45701  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 01:59:36  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .790556 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.28245 au 
 T_jup = 3.044 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.8   n/a MPO449023  
diameter diameter 10.079 km 1.924 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...814..117N)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.026   0.022 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N)  

11263 Pesonen           Discovered 1979 July 23 by E. Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory.
Lauri Pesonen (b. 1944) is an emeritus Professor of geophysics at the University of Helsinki. An expert in supercontinents, he also studied terrestrial impact craters. He introduced planetary geophysics at the University and raised public awareness in Finland about asteroid impacts.
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Reference: MPC batch dated 2014-07-12Last Updated: 2014-08-13

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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
1907-Sep-15 07:33 00:02 Jupiter 1.47677111449581 1.47676813808407 1.47677409090856 5.68473957707263 5.58293259613047 2417833.814470411 1.49818950624055 161.394103272559 41.6783214715839 24.1291396319774 2480895.67217722 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59
1942-May-30 17:29 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.71321500081186 1.71321190280591 1.71321809881781 7.24374689174868 7.17516958005174 2430510.228466562 0.955778672859505 154.465486116122 66.0204049922628 9.47030882801878 1091486.8784642 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59
1967-Apr-04 03:11 00:01 Jupiter 1.73520008531117 1.73519726838867 1.73520290223387 5.77019453344846 5.68496813629407 2439584.632589284 1.14983735225257 144.43148457862 43.7355887222347 14.7351543034162 2131500.06594906 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59
2001-Nov-25 20:05 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.45460140608144 1.45460036772105 1.45460244444183 6.61820590103157 6.52962772200204 2452239.336870167 0.411178616951011 73.2039999765262 49.1358266170359 75.5513790659704 2573192.17355868 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59
2061-Apr-28 18:40 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.34183363438058 1.34183241783556 1.34183485092597 6.34323950357482 6.24293218398646 2473943.277497808 0.72218920384658 84.3508461599028 45.7921165708502 57.511013431721 2410531.53215776 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59
2120-Aug-31 16:56 00:01 Jupiter 1.31674000945451 1.31673799193393 1.31674202697523 6.28926377620162 6.1861372464431 2495617.205461860 1.47308961543029 105.560769681462 64.5103201857951 26.7025569256694 1361167.96211524 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59
2179-Dec-04 09:21 00:02 Jupiter 1.35565014118033 1.35564611440924 1.35565416795219 6.39304118577961 6.29454982072489 2517260.889353392 2.46433283128393 208.440713802949 68.1026539816231 19.6950900173409 916453.222421766 T 28 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 01:59:38 2021-Feb-24 01:59

Alternate Designations
 1979 OA = 1969 OY = 2001 YS82 
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