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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 48 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .05697500832163429 | 3.3815e-06 | |
| a | 42.71399288518698 | 0.00049836 | au |
| q | 40.28036278510322 | 0.00055822 | au |
| i | 17.21621528985811 | 3.2816e-05 | deg |
| node | 97.36315797216271 | 4.2518e-05 | deg |
| peri | 262.5801711992915 | 0.0090566 | deg |
| M | 119.3739785128503 | 0.0094979 | deg |
| tp | 2425389.279272507563
(1928-May-22.77927251) | 2.1079 | TDB |
| period | 101965.600992238
279.17 | 1.7845
0.004886 | d
yr |
| n | .003530602443341698 | 6.1789e-08 | deg/d |
| Q | 45.14762298527073 | 0.00052675 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
3.6 |
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n/a |
MPO439232 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
900 |
km |
140 |
Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 89, Issue 1, p. 117-134 (2002) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
6.3436 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List:
[Farnham, T.L. (2001) IAUC 7583.]
[Jewitt, D.C.; Sheppard, S.S. (2002) Astron. J. 123, 2110-2120.]
[Lellouch, E.; Moreno, R.; Ortiz, J.L.; Paubert, G.; et al. (2002) Astron. Astrophys. 391, 1133-1139.]
[Sheppard, S.S.; Jewitt, D.C. (2002) Astron. J. 124, 1757-1775; Proc. ACM 2002, ESA SP 500, 21-24; Sheppard, S.S. (2001) IAUC 7619.]
[Ortiz, J.L.; Gutierrez, P.J.; Casanova, V.; Sota, A. (2003) Astron. Astrophys. 407, 1149-1155.]
[Hicks, M.D.; Simonelli, D.P.; Buratti, B.J. (2005) Icarus 176, 492-498.]
[Rabinowitz, D.L.; Schaefer, B.E.; Tourtellotte, S.W. (2007) Astron. J. 133, 26-43.]
[Behrend, R. (2008) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Thirouin, A.; Ortiz, J.L.; Duffard, R.; Santos-Sanz, P.; et al. (2010) Astron. Astrophys. 522, A93.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.07 |
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0.025 |
Earth, Moon, and Planets, v. 89, Issue 1, p. 117-134 (2002) |
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| 20000 Varuna | Discovered 2000 Nov. 28 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. |
| Varuna is one of the oldest of the vedic deities, the maker and upholder of heaven and earth. As such he is king of gods and men and the universe, and he has unlimited knowledge. The name was suggested by M. Sarabhai. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20010309/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-05-11 |
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