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1404 Ajax (1936 QW)
Classification: Jupiter Trojan          SPK-ID: 2001404
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 31 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1147221948188023 5.4956e-08  
a 5.294003656510552 8.8931e-08 au
q 4.686663937656896 3.3889e-07 au
i 18.02582552684275 6.7593e-06 deg
node 332.8780024482885 1.6798e-05 deg
peri 60.61500125178127 3.4928e-05 deg
M 311.1547669761972 3.4129e-05 deg
tp 2459604.162874377439
(2022-Jan-24.66287438)		 0.0004288 TDB
period 4449.126789301557
12.18		 0.00011211
3.069e-07		 d
yr
n .08091475407391444 2.0389e-09 deg/d
Q 5.901343375364206 9.9133e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1461  
   data-arc span      30424 days (83.30 yr)  
   first obs. used      1936-08-17  
   last obs. used      2019-12-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51433  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-13 20:59:27  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 3.73393 au 
 Jupiter MOID = .0437746 au 
 T_jup = 2.889 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 9.3   n/a MPO263357  
diameter diameter 83.990 km 1.279 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[jupiter_trojans] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759...49G)  
rotation period rot_per 29.38 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Binzel, R.P.; Sauter, L.M. (1992) Icarus 95, 222-238.]
[French, L.M.; Stephens, R.D.; Lederer, S.M.; Coley, D.R.; Rohl, D.A. (2011) Minor Planet Bull. 38, 116-120.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.048   0.009 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[jupiter_trojans] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759...49G)  

1404 Ajax (1936 QW)          Discovered 1936-Aug-17 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29
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