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17188 (1999 WC2)
Classification: Apollo [NEO]          SPK-ID: 2017188
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 86 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .636589895934822 4.3747e-08  
a 2.216720811901729 1.3725e-08 au
q .8055787409366532 9.5547e-08 au
i 29.45015505227671 1.2906e-05 deg
node 269.8096539753777 1.2444e-05 deg
peri 287.2852474343415 1.3996e-05 deg
M 294.6666161318213 6.133e-06 deg
tp 2458819.274941676335
(2019-Dec-01.77494168)		 2.2526e-05 TDB
period 1205.493644143557
3.30		 1.1195e-05
3.065e-08		 d
yr
n .2986328478370054 2.7734e-09 deg/d
Q 3.627862882866804 2.2461e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      312  
   # delay obs. used      1  
   # Doppler obs. used      0  
   data-arc span      10388 days (28.44 yr)  
   first obs. used      1990-07-27  
   last obs. used      2019-01-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43987  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Jan-09 07:29:16  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .0639419 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.39796 au 
 T_jup = 3.224 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.5   n/a MPO267773  
diameter diameter 1.819 km 0.227 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[neos] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...743..156M)  
rotation period rot_per 5.0638 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Vaduvescu, O.; Aznar Macias, A.; Tudor, V.; Predatu, M.; et al. (2017) Earth, Moon, and Planets 120, 41-100.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.147   0.041 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[neos] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...743..156M)  

17188 (1999 WC2)          Discovered 1999-Nov-17 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20000913/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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