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118066 (4317 T-2)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2118066
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2340661594148737 4.3896e-08  
a 2.362001713703229 7.1923e-09 au
q 1.809137044045364 1.0663e-07 au
i 3.070474581071856 4.4288e-06 deg
node 141.3507361034122 5.9219e-05 deg
peri 202.1865861156842 5.9809e-05 deg
M 324.0923777744014 6.4568e-06 deg
tp 2459132.752194181918
(2020-Oct-10.25219418)		 2.3752e-05 TDB
period 1325.924329000789
3.63		 6.0562e-06
1.658e-08		 d
yr
n .2715087068892495 1.2401e-09 deg/d
Q 2.914866383361094 8.8758e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      825  
   data-arc span      17213 days (47.13 yr)  
   first obs. used      1973-09-29  
   last obs. used      2020-11-14  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .4783  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-17 22:44:57  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .801752 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.49629 au 
 T_jup = 3.511 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.1   n/a MPO432684  
rotation period rot_per 8.660 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); 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:
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]

118066 (4317 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

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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
1950-Mar-28 00:15 < 00:01 Juno 0.0396902415593785 0.0396859278866501 0.0396945552346296 5.98901061462611 5.98901056344531 2433368.510706694 0.347680627933174 215.605038110469 47.8832855931946 4.3846486727992 29035.4468021308 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:44:58 2020-Dec-17 22:44

Alternate Designations
 4317 T-2 = 2002 PK60 
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