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15959 (1998 BQ40)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015959
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .08496098207776553 4.1033e-08  
a 2.791744458711856 1.07e-08 au
q 2.554555107789537 1.1493e-07 au
i 4.281468387703674 4.5604e-06 deg
node 340.0849190978578 4.0554e-05 deg
peri 4.123698263048166 4.4993e-05 deg
M 64.7124006692292 1.833e-05 deg
tp 2458694.235308009305
(2019-Jul-29.73530801)		 8.6767e-05 TDB
period 1703.773743153323
4.66		 9.7951e-06
2.682e-08		 d
yr
n .2112956614378365 1.2147e-09 deg/d
Q 3.028933809634175 1.1609e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1722  
   data-arc span      10345 days (28.32 yr)  
   first obs. used      1991-09-11  
   last obs. used      2020-01-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .48046  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Jan-28 23:58:48  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.54674 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.31551 au 
 T_jup = 3.319 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.8   n/a MPO328867  
diameter diameter 5.767 km 0.134 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.211   0.023 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

15959 (1998 BQ40)          Discovered 1998-Jan-24 by JPL/GEODSS NEAT at Haleakala
Reference: 20000726/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1998 BQ40 = 1991 RB15 
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