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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 | .3112644194097981 | 3.4722e-08 | |
| a | 2.393349049505124 | 9.4487e-09 | au |
| q | 1.648384647165919 | 8.1618e-08 | au |
| i | 3.075111803605689 | 4.6445e-06 | deg |
| node | 240.7096800393759 | 6.8707e-05 | deg |
| peri | 102.0978956656886 | 6.917e-05 | deg |
| M | 125.2345316982644 | 9.5607e-06 | deg |
| tp | 2458530.033088625125
(2019-Feb-15.53308862) | 3.4001e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1352.407245814791
3.70 | 8.0087e-06
2.193e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2661920077063097 | 1.5763e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 3.138313451844328 | 1.239e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
15.1 |
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n/a |
MPO449081 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
2.117 |
km |
0.389 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N) |
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| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.360 |
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0.181 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N) |
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| 17744 Jodiefoster | Discovered 1998 Jan. 18 by the OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey at Caussols. |
| Jodie Foster (b. 1962) is an accomplished actress and film director. For most astronomers she will always be Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway in Robert Zemeckis' movie Contact, based on the novel by the same name written by the late Carl Sagan. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20020921/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2003-10-02 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1998 BZ31 = 1974 QY = 1978 WH5 = 1989 UA9 = 2000 OC45 |
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