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17308 (6079 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2017308
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1827876454120914 4.1296e-08  
a 3.188006721838645 2.0826e-08 au
q 2.605278479595839 1.318e-07 au
i 21.17031192546199 6.11e-06 deg
node .05054664988496078 1.3155e-05 deg
peri 91.80993151254651 2.3572e-05 deg
M 37.99445577824694 1.6852e-05 deg
tp 2458381.070508382998
(2018-Sep-19.57050838)		 9.7222e-05 TDB
period 2079.109053256858
5.69		 2.0373e-05
5.578e-08		 d
yr
n .1731510905770294 1.6967e-09 deg/d
Q 3.770734964081452 2.4633e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1584  
   data-arc span      21414 days (58.63 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2019-05-12  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .41874  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-30 02:30:20  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.72519 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.73131 au 
 T_jup = 3.067 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.0   n/a MPO473997  
diameter diameter 11.693 km 0.156 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.107   0.024 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

17308 (6079 P-L)          Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar
Reference: 20000913/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 6079 P-L = 1977 RE8 = 1997 BA1 
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