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15923 (1997 VN3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015923
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 34 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1892040418416736 2.3673e-08  
a 2.58560840567714 1.1793e-08 au
q 2.096400844703219 6.5272e-08 au
i 18.10940587796656 8.9166e-07 deg
node 236.816558796397 3.2323e-06 deg
peri 36.81761846554551 6.1233e-06 deg
M 338.3584496751168 9.3978e-06 deg
tp 2459291.791096080166
(2021-Mar-18.29109608)		 3.9965e-05 TDB
period 1518.597054993423
4.16		 1.0389e-05
2.844e-08		 d
yr
n .2370609101448305 1.6218e-09 deg/d
Q 3.07481596665106 1.4024e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1843  
   data-arc span      10989 days (30.09 yr)  
   first obs. used      1991-02-12  
   last obs. used      2021-03-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47013  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-13 01:12:26  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.10336 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.05285 au 
 T_jup = 3.328 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.44   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 13.57 km 0.9 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 4
geometric albedo albedo 0.0459   0.006 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 4

15923 (1997 VN3)          Discovered 1997-Nov-06 by Kobayashi, T. at Oizumi
Reference: 20000726/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1997 VN3 = 1991 CR = 1995 CF2 
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