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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .09579307588819459 | 3.1711e-08 | |
| a | 2.261901062911593 | 6.9069e-09 | au |
| q | 2.045226602740514 | 7.3922e-08 | au |
| i | 5.671397484028144 | 3.1258e-06 | deg |
| node | 179.1638738886939 | 3.0748e-05 | deg |
| peri | 195.15669551861 | 3.463e-05 | deg |
| M | 242.7985655703783 | 1.6929e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459405.019312212356
(2021-Jul-09.51931221) | 5.9172e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1242.535580773082
3.40 | 5.6913e-06
1.558e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2897301337447534 | 1.3271e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.478575523082671 | 7.5686e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
14.9 |
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n/a |
MPO431681 |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
5.5766 |
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:
[Pal, A.; Szakats, R.; Kiss, C.; Bodi, A.; et al. (2019) Ap. J. Supl. Ser. 247, id.26.] |
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| 15902 Dostál | Discovered 1997 Sept 13 by L. Šarounová at Ondřejov. |
| Czech globetrotter Víťa Dostál (b. 1959) became a legend as the first person in his country to cycle alone 60~000 km around the world. He described the 1994-1997 adventure in Lucky Planet. A professional farmer, during 2006-2007 he made the Panamericana solo bike tour from Anchorage to Ushuaia in 223 days. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20070926/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2007-09-30 |
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