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18984 Olathe (2000 RA8)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2018984
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 23 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .03002978607572614 4.5744e-08  
a 3.251694016894244 2.4688e-08 au
q 3.154046341183191 1.455e-07 au
i 14.0552990744825 5.4438e-06 deg
node 321.6153596958164 1.7978e-05 deg
peri 248.962276690928 8.7902e-05 deg
M 215.257562924066 8.7336e-05 deg
tp 2459461.605403906523
(2021-Sep-04.10540391)		 0.00052019 TDB
period 2141.721195724506
5.86		 2.4391e-05
6.678e-08		 d
yr
n .1680891054907912 1.9143e-09 deg/d
Q 3.349341692605297 2.5429e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1410  
   data-arc span      16260 days (44.52 yr)  
   first obs. used      1975-06-01  
   last obs. used      2019-12-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49377  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-14 00:33:30  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 2.1853 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.72616 au 
 T_jup = 3.133 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.9   n/a MPO337418  
diameter diameter 17.629 km 0.172 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.038   0.003 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

18984 Olathe           Discovered 2000 Sept. 2 by L. Robinson at the Sunflower Observatory.
O-Lay'-tha is the old Shawnee word for "Beautiful". The township of Olathe, Kansas, was established in 1857 and later became a stop along the Santa Fe Trail. It is the site of the Sunflower Observatory.
NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character)
Reference: 20010109/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2009-05-11

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Alternate Designations
 2000 RA8 = 1975 LG1 = 1994 RS11 
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