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160597 (1999 RQ159)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2160597
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 15 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2373752612987289 1.0308e-07  
a 2.531737307722423 9.3382e-09 au
q 1.930765502762072 2.6376e-07 au
i 2.968109578590225 7.7903e-06 deg
node 102.309639086193 0.00012224 deg
peri 248.4988476466879 0.00012349 deg
M 48.94720446771262 1.7052e-05 deg
tp 2458800.443907856532
(2019-Nov-12.94390786)		 6.9172e-05 TDB
period 1471.3852191325
4.03		 8.1407e-06
2.229e-08		 d
yr
n .2446674027432796 1.3537e-09 deg/d
Q 3.132709112682774 1.1555e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      424  
   data-arc span      8915 days (24.41 yr)  
   first obs. used      1995-08-27  
   last obs. used      2020-01-23  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .52057  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-24 13:22:28  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .927291 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.30336 au 
 T_jup = 3.409 
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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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