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118050 (4073 T-2)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2118050
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 19 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .08719176421385277 5.1384e-08  
a 3.188803157673632 2.8473e-08 au
q 2.910765784625363 1.7223e-07 au
i 10.10676932865039 5.8281e-06 deg
node 20.53107252926491 2.5176e-05 deg
peri 28.69534029678826 4.1237e-05 deg
M 24.13766396475141 3.0212e-05 deg
tp 2458861.045436665701
(2020-Jan-12.54543667)		 0.00017445 TDB
period 2079.888214272129
5.69		 2.7858e-05
7.627e-08		 d
yr
n .173086225273883 2.3183e-09 deg/d
Q 3.466840530721901 3.0956e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      446  
   data-arc span      16929 days (46.35 yr)  
   first obs. used      1973-09-19  
   last obs. used      2020-01-25  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49819  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-24 05:53:22  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.92447 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.9552 au 
 T_jup = 3.167 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.2   n/a MPO412805  
diameter diameter 5.284 km 0.403 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.069   0.012 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

118050 (4073 T-2)          Discovered 1973-Sep-29 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar
Reference: 20051019/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2005-10-26

Alternate Designations
 4073 T-2 = 2002 VB12 
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