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160172 (2001 VP78)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2160172
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 18 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2087723834560387 5.5726e-08  
a 2.210683185425026 1.5205e-08 au
q 1.749153587737655 1.2848e-07 au
i 22.2329935551071 5.2886e-06 deg
node 105.0714833720069 1.5141e-05 deg
peri 261.8989346158673 1.917e-05 deg
M 273.8147821470878 1.395e-05 deg
tp 2459287.920983965262
(2021-Mar-14.42098397)		 4.8204e-05 TDB
period 1200.571940353899
3.29		 1.2386e-05
3.391e-08		 d
yr
n .299857083028178 3.0935e-09 deg/d
Q 2.672212783112396 1.8379e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      475  
   data-arc span      7262 days (19.88 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-06-03  
   last obs. used      2020-04-21  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56676  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-May-21 01:31:08  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .879441 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.96412 au 
 T_jup = 3.534 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.8   n/a MPO422606  

160172 (2001 VP78)          Discovered 2001-Nov-15 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20070730/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2007-08-06
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