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172124 (2002 GA171)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2172124
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 16 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .05479625329369563 5.4289e-08  
a 2.359317726439646 1.4537e-08 au
q 2.230035954701353 1.3384e-07 au
i 4.784626290104502 5.095e-06 deg
node 222.5445840415687 6.0708e-05 deg
peri 357.7346818339706 7.9174e-05 deg
M 26.8349718678279 5.2269e-05 deg
tp 2459101.831911079086
(2020-Sep-09.33191108)		 0.00019216 TDB
period 1323.664961770065
3.62		 1.2233e-05
3.349e-08		 d
yr
n .271972145820489 2.5136e-09 deg/d
Q 2.488599498177939 1.5333e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      331  
   data-arc span      6597 days (18.06 yr)  
   first obs. used      2002-04-04  
   last obs. used      2020-04-26  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .57855  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-May-21 03:15:37  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.22034 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.48048 au 
 T_jup = 3.545 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.69   n/a E2021B55  

172124 (2002 GA171)          Discovered 2002-Apr-10 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20071224/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2007-12-22

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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
2032-Jul-05 13:06 < 00:01 Eunom 0.0436975408246422 0.0436952312181457 0.0436998511307988 5.69812669247239 5.69812663609503 2463419.045892497 0.564423118925137 362.938882605285 68.980079725226 -75.0103650739295 91612.8841428697 T 16 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-May-21 03:15:46 2020-May-21 03:16
2099-Sep-20 05:46 00:01 Iris 0.016786889621964 0.0167680117749212 0.0168057854171586 5.77474913453059 5.77474907522854 2487966.740013306 1.48201624870696 1281.25800658511 85.3393813844997 -42.8199306136989 20046.6955853421 T 16 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-May-21 03:15:46 2020-May-21 03:16

Alternate Designations
 2002 GA171 = 2003 SF265 
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