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120417 (6264 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2120417
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 21 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .235214044946065 6.2633e-08  
a 2.55152935344705 1.2483e-08 au
q 1.951373813424151 1.643e-07 au
i 2.001122962650504 6.9369e-06 deg
node 355.6274976374175 9.9905e-05 deg
peri 324.7985281355135 0.00010056 deg
M 255.5917782840153 1.0453e-05 deg
tp 2459432.249137254896
(2021-Aug-05.74913725)		 4.3229e-05 TDB
period 1488.672892395086
4.08		 1.0924e-05
2.991e-08		 d
yr
n .241826127041788 1.7746e-09 deg/d
Q 3.151684893469949 1.5419e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      554  
   data-arc span      21784 days (59.64 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2020-05-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56761  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-12 17:57:18  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .939014 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.17426 au 
 T_jup = 3.400 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.61   n/a E2021B55  
diameter diameter 2.838 km 0.157 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.060   0.010 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

120417 (6264 P-L)          Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar
Reference: 20051116/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2005-11-21

Alternate Designations
 6264 P-L = 2001 WX51 
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