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14185 Van Ness (1998 WK32)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2014185
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 31 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1946217971033029 5.0177e-08  
a 2.566366238461506 1.3988e-08 au
q 2.066895429106884 1.2901e-07 au
i 7.222258869567554 4.6805e-06 deg
node 18.47636836323346 3.0112e-05 deg
peri 326.6964168280651 3.2443e-05 deg
M 173.4334628984534 1.3454e-05 deg
tp 2458277.052913919636
(2018-Jun-07.55291392)		 5.6731e-05 TDB
period 1501.676473711543
4.11		 1.2277e-05
3.361e-08		 d
yr
n .2397320636649678 1.96e-09 deg/d
Q 3.065837047816128 1.671e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1769  
   data-arc span      15445 days (42.29 yr)  
   first obs. used      1977-10-20  
   last obs. used      2020-02-02  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45459  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 20:52:31  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.06462 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.36556 au 
 T_jup = 3.394 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.6   n/a MPO458958  
diameter diameter 5.388 km 1.581 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.266   0.194 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

14185 Van Ness           Discovered 1998 Nov. 21 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search at Anderson Mesa Station.
Michael E. Van Ness (b. 1974) has been an observer for LONEOS since 1998. He is interested in archaeoastronomy.
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Reference: 20000726/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2013-03-29

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Alternate Designations
 1998 WK32 = 1977 UW1 = 1981 WX4 = 1985 RN6 = 1999 BV18 
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