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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 23 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .2589763111029261 | 3.0214e-08 | |
| a | 2.343736075063481 | 6.7166e-09 | au |
| q | 1.73676395214469 | 7.1015e-08 | au |
| i | 5.411891415021359 | 4.1446e-06 | deg |
| node | 256.4877824104277 | 3.8567e-05 | deg |
| peri | 85.6503360565071 | 3.9597e-05 | deg |
| M | 294.2454482662471 | 8.8372e-06 | deg |
| tp | 2459239.878314487257
(2021-Jan-25.37831449) | 3.2617e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1310.573807336549
3.59 | 5.6337e-06
1.542e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .274688840860951 | 1.1808e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.950708197982272 | 8.456e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
15.9 |
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n/a |
MPO436630 |
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| 129980 Catherinejohnson | Discovered 1999 Oct. 28 by the Catalina Sky Survey. |
| Catherine Johnson (b. 1967) is a planetary geophysicist and a Co-Investigator for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission and for the InSight mission to Mars. She was a Participating Scientist on the MESSENGER mission to Mercury and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. |
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| Reference: MPC batch dated 2016-11-14 | Last Updated: 2016-11-20 |
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