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66146 (1998 TU3)
Classification: Aten [NEO]          SPK-ID: 2066146
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 279 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .4836937159532379 6.3197e-08  
a .7872617150248796 1.6573e-09 au
q .4064681706567765 4.9634e-08 au
i 5.406999495380964 2.9925e-06 deg
node 102.0200236900839 9.2125e-05 deg
peri 84.84583048464857 9.1593e-05 deg
M 134.0504988054805 1.6448e-05 deg
tp 2458905.495744621265
(2020-Feb-25.99574462)		 1.1698e-05 TDB
period 255.1391620405241
0.70		 8.0567e-07
2.206e-09		 d
yr
n 1.410994678828728 4.4556e-09 deg/d
Q 1.168055259392983 2.459e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1390  
   data-arc span      13762 days (37.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      1982-12-04  
   last obs. used      2020-08-08  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .35116  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Aug-09 06:19:44  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .0733092 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 3.79146 au 
 T_jup = 7.287 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.5   n/a MPO400632  
diameter diameter 2.864 km 1.165 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[neos] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...760L..12M)  
rotation period rot_per 2.375 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Galad, A.; Pravec, P.; Kusnirak, P.; Gajdos, S.; et al. (2005) Earth, Moon, and Planets 97, 147-163.]
[Richards, T.; Bolt, G.; Higgins, D.; Bembrick, C. (2007) Minor Planet Bull. 34, 54-55.]
[Hicks, M.; Truoag, T. (2010) Astronomer's Telegram 2833. http://www.astronomerstelegram.org]
[Higgins, D. (2011) Minor Planet Bull. 38, 41-46.]
[Higgins, D.J. (2011) http://www.david-higgins.com/Astronomy/asteroid/lightcurves.htm]
[Warner, B.D. (2018) Minor Planet Bull. 45, 19-34.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.224   0.216 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[neos] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...760L..12M)  

66146 (1998 TU3)          Discovered 1998-Oct-13 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20030910/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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