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993 Moultona (A923 AB)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000993
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 32 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .0485575623051211 3.5552e-08  
a 2.86128644419705 1.1136e-08 au
q 2.722349349410154 1.0326e-07 au
i 1.779831711514594 5.263e-06 deg
node 184.2542203251233 0.00011264 deg
peri 249.1742920530878 0.00012392 deg
M 354.0313553533658 5.1225e-05 deg
tp 2458629.809854012451
(2019-May-26.30985401)		 0.00025156 TDB
period 1767.829728384441
4.84		 1.0321e-05
2.826e-08		 d
yr
n .2036395215103616 1.1889e-09 deg/d
Q 3.000223538983947 1.1677e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2708  
   data-arc span      32142 days (88.00 yr)  
   first obs. used      1931-10-31  
   last obs. used      2019-10-31  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43911  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-07 01:59:46  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.73744 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.13241 au 
 T_jup = 3.299 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.5   n/a MPO452172  
diameter diameter 12.433 km 1.133 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 5.2712 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2014) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
geometric albedo albedo 0.315   0.033 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

993 Moultona (A923 AB)          Discovered 1923-Jan-12 by Van Biesbroeck, G. at Williams Bay
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 A923 AB = 1928 BA = 1960 WD = 1964 PQ = 1967 CN 
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