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2015 Kachuevskaya (1972 RA3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002015
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 40 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1036668694768025 3.7793e-08  
a 2.335884712580968 8.6261e-09 au
q 2.093730856968979 8.815e-08 au
i 11.90746705930144 4.2341e-06 deg
node 344.4561990187529 1.9688e-05 deg
peri 274.524179843943 2.9741e-05 deg
M 207.4937031507858 2.4862e-05 deg
tp 2459552.909079846079
(2021-Dec-04.40907985)		 9.1181e-05 TDB
period 1303.993820931947
3.57		 7.2232e-06
1.978e-08		 d
yr
n .2760749278265083 1.5293e-09 deg/d
Q 2.578038568192958 9.5204e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2456  
   data-arc span      24217 days (66.30 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-07-29  
   last obs. used      2020-11-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .41754  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-17 19:41:34  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.11929 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.55369 au 
 T_jup = 3.532 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.2   n/a MPO347534  
diameter diameter 11.809 km 0.151 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 42.532 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Folberth, J.; Casimir, S.; Dou, Y.; Evans, D; et al. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 51-55.]
[Oey, J. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 145-147.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.143   0.021 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

2015 Kachuevskaya (1972 RA3)          Discovered 1972-Sep-04 by Zhuravleva, L. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1972 RA3 = 1939 FQ = 1940 SA = 1958 UK = 1971 HA 
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