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1967 Menzel (A905 VC)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001967
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 37 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .139277158709978 3.9429e-08  
a 2.233108028883962 5.7944e-09 au
q 1.922087087528564 8.9028e-08 au
i 3.900792576102206 4.148e-06 deg
node 57.80103816095232 5.6256e-05 deg
peri 347.9208643214506 5.7917e-05 deg
M .7982117714003857 1.4238e-05 deg
tp 2458597.797419407300
(2019-Apr-24.29741941)		 4.8204e-05 TDB
period 1218.885824829611
3.34		 4.7441e-06
1.299e-08		 d
yr
n .2953516996149534 1.1495e-09 deg/d
Q 2.54412897023936 6.6014e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3410  
   data-arc span      41636 days (113.99 yr)  
   first obs. used      1905-11-02  
   last obs. used      2019-10-31  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .37139  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-07 02:10:37  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .93123 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.81701 au 
 T_jup = 3.625 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.1   n/a MPO302072  
diameter diameter 9.588 km 0.181 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 2.835 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[LeCrone, C.; Duncan, A.; Hudson, E.; Johnson, J.; et al. (2006) Minor Planet Bull. 33, 66-67.]
[Pray, D.P. (2006) Minor Planet Bull. 33, 4-5.]
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2007) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm]
[Higgins, D. (2008) Minor Planet Bull. 35, 30-32.]
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2010) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm]
[Behrend, R. (2015) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Clark, M. (2015) Minor Planet Bull. 42, 15-20.]
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2015) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm]
[Klinglesmith III, D.A.; Hendrickx, S.; Madden, K.; Montgomery, S. (2016) Minor Planet Bull. 43, 123-128.]
[Liu, J. (2016) Minor Planet Bull. 43, 98-99.]
[Klinglesmith III, D.K. (2017) Minor Planet Bull. 44, 345-348.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.251   0.070 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

1967 Menzel (A905 VC)          Discovered 1905-Nov-01 by Wolf, M. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 A905 VC = 1930 DS = 1965 SF = 1965 VH = 1970 EM = 1973 CE = 1975 UH = 1975 VE 
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