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160597 (1999 RQ159)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2160597
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 13 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2375035566341873 1.0936e-07  
a 2.532275982970289 9.7616e-09 au
q 1.930851430635513 2.8023e-07 au
i 2.96798589825456 8.0077e-06 deg
node 102.3093984646344 0.00012451 deg
peri 248.4301441843156 0.00012578 deg
M 311.1404695013579 1.7663e-05 deg
tp 2458800.261490379129
(2019-Nov-12.76149038)		 7.2798e-05 TDB
period 1471.854841881565
4.03		 8.5107e-06
2.33e-08		 d
yr
n .2445893370434473 1.4143e-09 deg/d
Q 3.133700535305066 1.208e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      417  
   data-arc span      8827 days (24.17 yr)  
   first obs. used      1995-08-27  
   last obs. used      2019-10-27  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .52249  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-07 18:41:34  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .926454 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.2986 au 
 T_jup = 3.408 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.5   n/a MPO439950  

160597 (1999 RQ159)          Discovered 1999-Sep-09 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20070828/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2007-08-30
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