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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 45 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | .1241798463094432 | 2.0408e-08 | |
a | 2.246930861477226 | 5.5033e-09 | au |
q | 1.967907332431039 | 4.5032e-08 | au |
i | 7.755633992237533 | 4.0205e-07 | deg |
node | 128.3051065138572 | 9.4326e-06 | deg |
peri | 100.5915168537909 | 1.1241e-05 | deg |
M | 312.3584565321437 | 7.2005e-06 | deg |
tp | 2459363.304465626434 (2021-May-28.80446563) | 2.4851e-05 | TDB |
period | 1230.22058815244 3.37 | 4.5197e-06 1.237e-08 | d yr |
n | .2926304464963088 | 1.0751e-09 | deg/d |
Q | 2.525954390523413 | 6.1867e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
absolute magnitude |
H |
12.87 |
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n/a |
E2021B10 |
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diameter |
diameter |
6.646 |
km |
0.102 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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rotation period |
rot_per |
118.7 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so. Published Reference List: [Higgins, D.J. (2011) http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/asteroid/lightcurves.htm] |
geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.333 |
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0.045 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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1455 Mitchella (1937 LF) Discovered 1937-Jun-05 by Bohrmann, A. at Heidelberg |
Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
1937 LF = 1947 LB = 1978 QR3 |
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