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1455 Mitchella (1937 LF)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001455
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459396.5 (2021-Jul-01.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 48 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1240809689437346 2.0074e-08  
a 2.246625357677296 4.7802e-09 au
q 1.967861906443132 4.4633e-08 au
i 7.755665231475252 3.9704e-07 deg
node 128.3050909617207 9.36e-06 deg
peri 100.6363082180643 1.0945e-05 deg
M 9.680423334780002 6.6125e-06 deg
tp 2459363.426035138747
(2021-May-28.92603514)		 2.2564e-05 TDB
period 1229.96969639465
3.37		 3.9256e-06
1.075e-08		 d
yr
n .2926901378588841 9.3415e-10 deg/d
Q 2.525388808911459 5.3734e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3142  
   data-arc span      30704 days (84.06 yr)  
   first obs. used      1937-06-05  
   last obs. used      2021-06-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .39373  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Jul-08 12:23:58  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .975539 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.48678 au 
 T_jup = 3.608 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.88   n/a MPO614063  
diameter diameter 6.646 km 0.102 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
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   0.045 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

1455 Mitchella (1937 LF)          Discovered 1937-Jun-05 by Bohrmann, A. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1937 LF = 1947 LB = 1978 QR3 
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