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15926 (1997 VP6)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015926
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1731285180687475 4.0465e-08  
a 2.515363514334233 8.1121e-09 au
q 2.07988235669335 1.0273e-07 au
i 1.045592724044385 4.4124e-06 deg
node 225.2908424293866 0.00016362 deg
peri 139.10428009953 0.00016402 deg
M 265.3583377979833 1.2432e-05 deg
tp 2459383.571128462929
(2021-Jun-18.07112846)		 5.0924e-05 TDB
period 1457.13423705819
3.99		 7.0489e-06
1.93e-08		 d
yr
n .2470602850749045 1.1952e-09 deg/d
Q 2.950844671975115 9.5165e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1932  
   data-arc span      15559 days (42.60 yr)  
   first obs. used      1977-11-11  
   last obs. used      2020-06-17  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50802  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Jun-23 17:53:52  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.07796 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.51037 au 
 T_jup = 3.438 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.4   n/a MPO337393  
diameter diameter 3.819 km 0.239 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.231   0.055 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

15926 (1997 VP6)          Discovered 1997-Nov-05 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura
Reference: 20000726/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1997 VP6 = 1977 VU = 1981 UM14 = 1989 UR9 = 1999 CU154 
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