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12386 Nikolova (1994 UK5)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2012386
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1476524254416197 3.7311e-08  
a 2.839246174356298 1.1588e-08 au
q 2.420024590286751 1.0628e-07 au
i 3.131973760036697 4.0007e-06 deg
node 53.36820706212576 7.5498e-05 deg
peri 1.91177148619539 7.7042e-05 deg
M 103.9119881437177 1.4454e-05 deg
tp 2458496.110364018082
(2019-Jan-12.61036402)		 6.9911e-05 TDB
period 1747.44292932161
4.78		 1.0698e-05
2.929e-08		 d
yr
n .2060153118361117 1.2612e-09 deg/d
Q 3.258467758425844 1.3299e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1954  
   data-arc span      11223 days (30.73 yr)  
   first obs. used      1989-09-02  
   last obs. used      2020-05-25  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45421  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-13 02:53:18  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.43165 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.08957 au 
 T_jup = 3.292 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.0   n/a MPO458946  
diameter diameter 7.052 km 0.112 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.155   0.035 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

12386 Nikolova           Discovered 1994 Oct. 28 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
Simona Rumenova Nikolova (b. 1971), a graduate student at the University of Western Ontario, calculated comet data at the Royal Astronomical Observatory in Sofia and studied at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Reference: 20020427/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2003-10-02

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Alternate Designations
 1994 UK5 = 1991 CO6 = 1992 JZ4 
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