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15647 (4556 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015647
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 22 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1398114061738674 5.0404e-08  
a 2.995650260188842 1.537e-08 au
q 2.576824184906728 1.5351e-07 au
i 3.146835960020067 4.8544e-06 deg
node 43.18821266155786 8.3911e-05 deg
peri 332.5246135307938 8.5061e-05 deg
M 168.0971483487787 1.4097e-05 deg
tp 2458116.213622406408
(2017-Dec-28.71362241)		 7.2436e-05 TDB
period 1893.804261766382
5.18		 1.4575e-05
3.99e-08		 d
yr
n .1900935631353063 1.463e-09 deg/d
Q 3.414476335470956 1.7519e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1476  
   data-arc span      21682 days (59.36 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2020-02-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50737  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 21:23:33  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.57866 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.04777 au 
 T_jup = 3.237 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.7   n/a MPO337391  
diameter diameter 4.807 km 1.352 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.366   0.139 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

15647 (4556 P-L)          Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar
Reference: 20000621/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 4556 P-L = 1991 RT21 
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