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160170 (2001 VM40)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2160170
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 15 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1546163898387055 4.2314e-08  
a 2.741376549044068 1.5451e-08 au
q 2.317514803842385 1.1936e-07 au
i 4.441557925279267 4.7357e-06 deg
node 47.05643500571797 6.3281e-05 deg
peri 67.182242617521 6.5923e-05 deg
M 267.669491217527 1.6948e-05 deg
tp 2459025.700919274889
(2020-Jun-25.20091927)		 7.8608e-05 TDB
period 1657.873794452844
4.54		 1.4016e-05
3.837e-08		 d
yr
n .2171456001081268 1.8359e-09 deg/d
Q 3.165238294245751 1.784e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      431  
   data-arc span      17779 days (48.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      1971-03-26  
   last obs. used      2019-11-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .566  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-04 13:50:05  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.33863 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.95221 au 
 T_jup = 3.328 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.1   n/a MPO454059  

160170 (2001 VM40)          Discovered 2001-Nov-09 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20070730/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2007-08-06

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Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
1950-Sep-10 16:57 00:02 Jupiter 1.98247781181445 1.98247724019078 1.98247838343822 2.58791449471789 2.417186894482 2433535.206200721 1.59086269351341 86.5042468986503 9.48036553723753 88.7879170018144 1957690.24009851 T 15 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-04 13:50:17 2019-Dec-04 13:50
2009-Jul-04 08:36 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.950908810639 1.95090838138954 1.95090923988835 2.24396119184108 2.04132934203157 2455016.858008829 0.269415198224128 47.7022546983856 6.9103337172734 83.3835991227906 2262685.73834037 T 15 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-04 13:50:17 2019-Dec-04 13:50
2068-Apr-26 06:13 00:01 Jupiter 1.97320902879374 1.97320859528451 1.97320946230285 2.16201363658991 1.95340219068294 2476497.758795372 1.34556029326392 63.7803771916 14.6069465951994 -87.2525326252538 2624701.19751469 T 15 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-04 13:50:17 2019-Dec-04 13:50
2164-Feb-02 20:34 00:04 Jupiter 1.96065049572875 1.96064985294472 1.96065113851468 2.431074730735 2.2463531363599 2511477.357013148 3.66557957584977 165.65336787267 10.9718022417659 -85.1163010530526 1883447.09821272 T 15 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-04 13:50:17 2019-Dec-04 13:50
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