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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 37 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .2612564359386712 | 3.8703e-08 | |
| a | 2.691346251550818 | 9.7257e-09 | au |
| q | 1.988214721993748 | 1.0669e-07 | au |
| i | 8.074861453642255 | 4.2784e-06 | deg |
| node | 162.1293829944013 | 2.4279e-05 | deg |
| peri | 192.1969336386998 | 2.5011e-05 | deg |
| M | 292.3739807379853 | 7.9672e-06 | deg |
| tp | 2459303.445225558916
(2021-Mar-29.94522556) | 3.6669e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1612.697041632148
4.42 | 8.7417e-06
2.393e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2232285362386837 | 1.21e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 3.394477781107887 | 1.2267e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.0 |
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n/a |
MPO473793 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
20.408 |
km |
0.444 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
32. |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 |
Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong.
Published Reference List:
[Binzel, R.P.; Mulholland, J.D. (1983) Icarus 56, 519-533.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.051 |
|
0.003 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 2109 Dhotel (1950 TH2) Discovered 1950-Oct-13 by Arend, S. at Uccle |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1950 TH2 = 1932 PA = 1941 SH2 = 1963 RA = 1972 RW3 |
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