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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 44 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | .1396561274532679 | 3.3471e-08 | |
a | 2.874295047112879 | 1.0008e-08 | au |
q | 2.472882131674986 | 9.5781e-08 | au |
i | 9.465744231261997 | 3.8786e-06 | deg |
node | 24.11438519846334 | 2.2196e-05 | deg |
peri | 282.6568165884206 | 2.5911e-05 | deg |
M | 87.41983699153172 | 1.3736e-05 | deg |
tp | 2458568.281911593367 (2019-Mar-25.78191159) | 6.7491e-05 | TDB |
period | 1779.899359014597 4.87 | 9.296e-06 2.545e-08 | d yr |
n | .2022586266896047 | 1.0563e-09 | deg/d |
Q | 3.275707962550772 | 1.1405e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
absolute magnitude |
H |
10.3 |
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n/a |
MPO502166 |
IRAS observations used: 4 |
diameter |
diameter |
27.55 |
km |
1.8 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 4 |
rotation period |
rot_per |
16.57 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so. Published Reference List: [Binzel, R.P. (1987) Icarus 72, 135-208.] [Behrend, R. (2003) 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] [Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D.A.; Behrend, R.; et al. (2016) Astron. Astrophys. 586, A108.] |
geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.1538 |
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0.022 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 4 |
B-V |
BV |
0.710 |
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0.020 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 |
#obs=1; phase=7.77 deg. |
U-B |
UB |
0.180 |
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0.030 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 |
#obs=1; phase=7.77 deg. |
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1366 Piccolo (1932 WA) Discovered 1932-Nov-29 by Delporte, E. at Uccle |
Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
1932 WA = 1930 FA1 = 1931 PC = 1931 RJ1 = 1935 GM = 1935 JM = 1950 KL = 1961 TL1 = 1961 VP = A916 NB |
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