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17308 (6079 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2017308
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1825662970465715 4.0823e-08  
a 3.187047955919554 2.0465e-08 au
q 2.605200412097477 1.2978e-07 au
i 21.17284699973531 6.0903e-06 deg
node .05005076763165286 1.3e-05 deg
peri 91.73254766365474 2.3319e-05 deg
M 107.3718926551543 1.6807e-05 deg
tp 2458380.674510229427
(2018-Sep-19.17451023)		 9.6505e-05 TDB
period 2078.171212218963
5.69		 2.0017e-05
5.48e-08		 d
yr
n .1732292305288989 1.6686e-09 deg/d
Q 3.768895499741632 2.4201e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1629  
   data-arc span      21677 days (59.35 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2020-01-30  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .4192  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 22:00:59  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.72508 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.73158 au 
 T_jup = 3.068 
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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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