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160172 (2001 VP78)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2160172
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 17 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2089318993018738 5.5772e-08  
a 2.209985397010355 1.5286e-08 au
q 1.748248950583576 1.2845e-07 au
i 22.23296276119525 5.2942e-06 deg
node 105.0724579011984 1.517e-05 deg
peri 262.0076220324652 1.9205e-05 deg
M 153.7010848953254 1.3323e-05 deg
tp 2458088.161532294924
(2017-Nov-30.66153229)		 4.2164e-05 TDB
period 1200.003555599085
3.29		 1.245e-05
3.409e-08		 d
yr
n .2999991111028626 3.1126e-09 deg/d
Q 2.671721843437134 1.848e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      471  
   data-arc span      6898 days (18.89 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-06-03  
   last obs. used      2019-04-23  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .57905  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Jul-13 10:19:41  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .878184 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.96268 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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