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1742 Schaifers (1934 RO)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001742
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 37 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .09628557033659724 3.5772e-08  
a 2.889387467044712 1.0486e-08 au
q 2.611181146856896 1.0448e-07 au
i 2.497967012735517 3.6254e-06 deg
node 152.1856753411229 8.9085e-05 deg
peri 213.9850092359915 9.1042e-05 deg
M 76.53721548817791 1.9325e-05 deg
tp 2458219.103010094010
(2018-Apr-10.60301009)		 9.5945e-05 TDB
period 1793.936655395629
4.91		 9.7653e-06
2.674e-08		 d
yr
n .2006759820182205 1.0924e-09 deg/d
Q 3.167593787232529 1.1495e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2945  
   data-arc span      31137 days (85.25 yr)  
   first obs. used      1934-09-07  
   last obs. used      2019-12-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43797  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-13 21:05:07  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.60896 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.2807 au 
 T_jup = 3.283 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.3   n/a MPO384764  
diameter diameter 16.707 km 0.139 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 8.56 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Binzel, R.P. (1987) Icarus 72, 135-208.]
[Slivan, S.M.; Binzel, R.P.; Boroumand, S.C.; Pan M.W.; et al. (2008) Icarus 195, 226-276.]
[Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.113   0.006 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

1742 Schaifers (1934 RO)          Discovered 1934-Sep-07 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1934 RO = 1929 RL1 = 1952 HG = 1954 UG2 = 1954 WV = 1963 QB = 1964 VX 
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