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11973 (1994 VN)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2011973
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 16 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1692779263439473 3.9495e-08  
a 3.175593118017636 2.0963e-08 au
q 2.638035300087501 1.2063e-07 au
i 4.559436516287594 4.8113e-06 deg
node 25.32909064801847 5.4183e-05 deg
peri 67.05510816143298 5.6186e-05 deg
M 87.27689118604843 1.6119e-05 deg
tp 2458099.390688853770
(2017-Dec-11.89068885)		 9.0096e-05 TDB
period 2066.977289877167
5.66		 2.0467e-05
5.604e-08		 d
yr
n .174167370760708 1.7246e-09 deg/d
Q 3.713150935947771 2.4512e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1078  
   data-arc span      15180 days (41.56 yr)  
   first obs. used      1977-10-18  
   last obs. used      2019-05-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .54625  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-30 01:58:57  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.65891 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.51961 au 
 T_jup = 3.174 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.9   n/a PDS3 (MPC 36265)  
diameter diameter 8.098 km 0.239 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.089   0.010 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

11973 (1994 VN)          Discovered 1994-Nov-01 by Kobayashi, T. at Oizumi
Reference: 19991026/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1994 VN = 1977 UP3 = 2008 JR39 
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