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39 Laetitia (A856 CA)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000039
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 108 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .11160706608498 8.7488e-09  
a 2.769561076713281 3.0817e-09 au
q 2.460458490598153 2.4415e-08 au
i 10.36993268045943 2.9157e-07 deg
node 156.9436459246527 1.6125e-06 deg
peri 209.398160320435 1.3868e-05 deg
M 69.65404435102386 1.1355e-05 deg
tp 2458874.769305888340
(2020-Jan-26.26930589)		 5.3309e-05 TDB
period 1683.506693297614
4.61		 2.8099e-06
7.693e-09		 d
yr
n .2138393636528051 3.5691e-10 deg/d
Q 3.078663662828408 3.4257e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      5883  
   data-arc span      60227 days (164.89 yr)  
   first obs. used      1856-02-28  
   last obs. used      2021-01-20  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .33584  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 09:46:22  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.46141 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.37783 au 
 T_jup = 3.305 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 6.07   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 179.484 km 1.685 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 5.138 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Groeneveld, I.; Kuiper, G.P. (1954) Astrophys. J. 120, 200-220.]
[Cailliate, C. (1956) Publ. Observ. Lyon 3, fasc. 28.]
[Van Houten-Groeneveld, I.; van Houten, C.J. (1958) Astrophys. J. 127, 253-273.]
[Cailliate, C. (1960) Bull. Astronomique XXIII, fasc. III.]
[Yang, X.-y.; Zhang, Y.-y.; Li, X.-q. (1965) Acta Astron. Sin. 13, 66-74.]
[Sather, R.E. (1976) Astron. J. 81, 67-73.]
[Chang, Y.C.; Zhou, X.-h.; Yang, X.-y.; Zhang, Y.-y.; et al. (1981) Acta Astron. Sin. 22, 169-173; Chin. Astron. Astrophys. 5, 434-437.]
[Lupishko, D.F.; Belskaja, I.N.; Velichko, F.P. (1985) Vestn. Kharkov Univ. 278, 51-56.]
[Magnusson, P. (1986) Icarus 68, 1-39.]
[Di Martino, M.; Zappala, V.; De Sanctis, G.; Cacciatori, S. (1987) Icarus 69, 338-353.]
[Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R.; Greenberg, R.; et al. (1987) Icarus 70, 191-245.]
[Drummond, J.D.; Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R. (1988) Icarus 76, 19-77.]
[Lagerkvist, C.I.; Magnusson, P.; Williams, I.P.; Buontempo, M.E.; et al. (1988) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 73, 395-405.]
[Magnusson, P. (1990) Icarus 85, 229-240.]
[Drummond, J.D.; Weidenschilling, S.J.; Chapman, C.R.; Davis, D.R. (1991) Icarus 89, 44-64.]
[De Angelis, G. (1995) Planet. Space Sci. 43, 649-682.]
[Behrend, R. (1998) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Kaasalainen, M.; Torppa, J.; Piironen, J. (2002) Icarus 159, 369-395.]
[Behrend, R. (2003) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Behrend, R. (2004) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Behrend, R. (2010) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Carry, B.; Kaasalainen, M.; Leyrat, C.; Merline, W.J.; et al. (2010) Astron. Astrophys. 523, A94.]
[Durech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Herald, D.; Dunham, D.; et al. (2011) Icarus 214, 652-670.]
[Behrend, R. (2012) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Hanus, J.; Marchis, F.; Durech, J. (2013) Icarus 226, 1045-1057.]
[Behrend, R. (2016) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D.A.; Behrend, R.; et al. (2016) Astron. Astrophys. 586, A108.]
[Hanus, J.; Viikinkoski, M.; Marchis, F.; Durech, J.; et al (2017) Astron. Astrophys. 601, A114.]
[Behrend, R. (2018) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Cellino, A.; Hestroffer, D.; Lu, X.-P.; Muinonen, K.; Tanga, P. (2019) Astron. Astrophys. 631, A67.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.269   0.043 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
B-V BV 0.898   0.020 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=28; phase (min.=4.80, mean=15.00, max.=23.24) deg.
U-B UB 0.494   0.028 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=16; phase (min.=6.05, mean=14.21, max.=21.85) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo
SMASSII spectral type spec_B S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

39 Laetitia (A856 CA)          Discovered 1856-Feb-08 by Chacornac, J. at Paris
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29
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