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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 | .1017874989519433 | 3.0303e-08 | |
| a | 3.040390889577364 | 1.5995e-08 | au |
| q | 2.73091710509101 | 9.1108e-08 | au |
| i | 11.71690129947843 | 4.7063e-06 | deg |
| node | 151.9333692324086 | 1.6968e-05 | deg |
| peri | 113.6969596872494 | 2.8903e-05 | deg |
| M | 114.1401417682707 | 2.3122e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2458386.556412660325
(2018-Sep-25.05641266) | 0.00012445 | TDB |
| period | 1936.388793795272
5.30 | 1.5281e-05
4.184e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .1859130775562945 | 1.4671e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 3.349864674063717 | 1.7623e-08 | au |
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456968.5 (2014-Nov-07.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1029950681496549 | 3.0125e-08 | |
| q | 2.727346653108028 | 9.0891e-08 | au |
| tp | 2456456.309658303588
(2013-Jun-12.80965830) | 0.00012546 | TDB |
| node | 152.0410028150775 | 1.6946e-05 | deg |
| peri | 114.7995690453821 | 2.8766e-05 | deg |
| i | 11.72489732849614 | 4.7103e-06 | deg |
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| | Orbit Determination Parameters
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Orbit Covariance (6×6)
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| |
e |
q |
tp |
node |
peri |
i |
| e |
9.075032462241238E-16 |
-2.70367367501393E-15 |
3.825201826172061E-13 |
1.209829951243097E-15 |
6.273928252641884E-14 |
-1.080400393972837E-15 |
| q |
-2.70367367501393E-15 |
8.261223590278848E-15 |
-1.511482720239618E-12 |
-3.752445763261334E-15 |
-2.45091832127859E-13 |
3.79182293707417E-15 |
| tp |
3.825201826172061E-13 |
-1.511482720239618E-12 |
1.574107786159711E-8 |
1.408402012472814E-11 |
2.927201688227762E-9 |
1.396497816963172E-12 |
| node |
1.209829951243097E-15 |
-3.752445763261334E-15 |
1.408402012472814E-11 |
2.871546391718353E-10 |
-2.781954570389469E-10 |
1.291009803430119E-11 |
| peri |
6.273928252641884E-14 |
-2.45091832127859E-13 |
2.927201688227762E-9 |
-2.781954570389469E-10 |
8.274943294444599E-10 |
-1.235881461648952E-11 |
| i |
-1.080400393972837E-15 |
3.79182293707417E-15 |
1.396497816963172E-12 |
1.291009803430119E-11 |
-1.235881461648952E-11 |
2.218731262006334E-11 |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.8 |
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n/a |
MPO395124 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
9.965 |
km |
0.231 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.135 |
|
0.011 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 12655 Benferinga | Discovered 1977 Oct. 16 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. |
| Ben Feringa (b. 1951) is a renowned Dutch chemist, who won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of molecular machines. He is a passionate lecturer and public advocate for science. |
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| Reference: MPC batch dated 2018-10-26 | Last Updated: 2019-04-09 |
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