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15516 (1999 VN86)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015516
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 23 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1707803387854322 3.4725e-08  
a 2.675314048833204 1.256e-08 au
q 2.218423009216043 9.6342e-08 au
i 12.51321236073184 6.3502e-06 deg
node 179.1753599563171 1.7702e-05 deg
peri 93.79743142536168 2.5673e-05 deg
M 23.70637440712986 1.8745e-05 deg
tp 2458895.249729542281
(2020-Feb-15.74972954)		 8.3025e-05 TDB
period 1598.308400688348
4.38		 1.1255e-05
3.081e-08		 d
yr
n .2252381329191273 1.5861e-09 deg/d
Q 3.132205088450364 1.4704e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1471  
   data-arc span      24071 days (65.90 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-06-02  
   last obs. used      2020-04-27  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .52128  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-May-20 04:12:13  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.24555 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.10723 au 
 T_jup = 3.324 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.7   n/a MPO296262  
diameter diameter 4.992 km 0.136 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.257   0.021 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

15516 (1999 VN86)          Discovered 1999-Nov-05 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20000621/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1999 VN86 = 1984 EM1 = 1990 UC9 = 1998 QV78 
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