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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1177714662447875 | 4.1895e-08 | |
| a | 2.672842542285409 | 1.279e-08 | au |
| q | 2.358057957039011 | 1.142e-07 | au |
| i | 13.86374394870709 | 4.6241e-06 | deg |
| node | 131.124280334918 | 1.5673e-05 | deg |
| peri | 42.90289939248885 | 2.3008e-05 | deg |
| M | 241.1924573149098 | 1.9004e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459527.244490991746
(2021-Nov-08.74449099) | 8.5957e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1596.09409025195
4.37 | 1.1456e-05
3.136e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2255506127105405 | 1.6189e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.987627127531807 | 1.4296e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
13.5 |
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n/a |
MPO358778 |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
10.571 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); 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:
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.] |
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| 15149 Loufaix | Discovered 2000 Mar. 2 by the Catalina Sky Survey. |
| Louis Faix (1933-2011), an amateur astronomer originally from the Detroit area in Michigan, retired to Saddlebrooke, Arizona. As an engineer he brought that experience into his hobby, inventing devices like the Faix Compensator, featured in an article in the May 1978 Sky & Telescope. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20110715/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2011-07-20 |
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Alternate Designations
| 2000 EZ141 = 1979 OR12 = 1982 BK15 = 1998 XL79 |
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