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173544 (2000 WC179)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2173544
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 16 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2575922961044643 9.3201e-08  
a 2.302364368733597 1.7365e-08 au
q 1.709293044522404 2.1628e-07 au
i 23.98541045935004 7.1182e-06 deg
node 107.801036319206 1.5964e-05 deg
peri 257.0696106011338 2.1375e-05 deg
M 134.5876546505386 1.8316e-05 deg
tp 2458123.451829678060
(2018-Jan-04.95182968)		 6.2954e-05 TDB
period 1276.025960641191
3.49		 1.4436e-05
3.952e-08		 d
yr
n .2821259214970072 3.1918e-09 deg/d
Q 2.89543569294479 2.1838e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      350  
   data-arc span      6706 days (18.36 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-11-25  
   last obs. used      2019-04-06  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .54968  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Jul-13 14:19:22  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .847021 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.81465 au 
 T_jup = 3.434 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.0   n/a MPO417935  
diameter diameter 3.059 km 0.138 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.079   0.020 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

173544 (2000 WC179)          Discovered 2000-Nov-25 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20080122/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2008-01-28

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