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14641 (1998 WC6)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2014641
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 16 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1889875778767177 3.7019e-08  
a 2.21947301025978 7.9539e-09 au
q 1.800020181888037 8.2075e-08 au
i 4.341552371336856 4.2056e-06 deg
node 96.3751393373572 5.2542e-05 deg
peri 225.797114171082 5.4101e-05 deg
M 252.977322690283 1.7113e-05 deg
tp 2459359.543062475037
(2021-May-25.04306248)		 5.8732e-05 TDB
period 1207.739385148773
3.31		 6.4923e-06
1.777e-08		 d
yr
n .298077552514075 1.6023e-09 deg/d
Q 2.638925838631523 9.4571e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1305  
   data-arc span      11387 days (31.18 yr)  
   first obs. used      1988-11-03  
   last obs. used      2020-01-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51371  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Jan-28 23:32:00  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .790551 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.67219 au 
 T_jup = 3.623 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.8   n/a MPO452377  
diameter diameter 2.785 km 0.676 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.361   0.114 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

14641 (1998 WC6)          Discovered 1998-Nov-18 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro
Reference: 20000418/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1998 WC6 = 1988 VZ11 = 1991 PE14 
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