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1312 Vassar (1933 OT)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001312
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 50 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2111043698765062 3.0404e-08  
a 3.098141835633951 1.1539e-08 au
q 2.444110555634403 9.5408e-08 au
i 21.94045919824771 3.888e-06 deg
node 129.2318812820539 9.0378e-06 deg
peri 261.4925724879257 1.2942e-05 deg
M 321.7780369748741 1.0665e-05 deg
tp 2459411.975888612787
(2021-Jul-16.47588861)		 5.9403e-05 TDB
period 1991.821295273535
5.45		 1.1127e-05
3.046e-08		 d
yr
n .180739105889799 1.0097e-09 deg/d
Q 3.752173115633497 1.3974e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2945  
   data-arc span      31931 days (87.42 yr)  
   first obs. used      1933-07-27  
   last obs. used      2020-12-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .36823  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 00:54:16  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.55709 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.12977 au 
 T_jup = 3.079 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 10.72   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 36.28 km 1.1 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 6
rotation period rot_per 7.932 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Higgins, D.J. (2011) http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/asteroid/lightcurves.htm]
[Durech, J.; Hanus, J.; Oszkiewsicz, D.; Vanco, R. (2016) Astron. Astrophys. 587, A48.]
[Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D.A.; Behrend, R.; et al. (2016) Astron. Astrophys. 586, A108.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.0643   0.004 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 6

1312 Vassar (1933 OT)          Discovered 1933-Jul-27 by Van Biesbroeck, G. at Williams Bay
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1933 OT = 1944 QE = 2019 FN5 = A908 CD 
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