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2490 Bussolini (1976 AG)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002490
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1326111497627642 4.1139e-08  
a 2.609585530971663 1.1859e-08 au
q 2.263525393305237 1.0705e-07 au
i 12.96141200833929 5.1313e-06 deg
node 212.6057126371214 1.6044e-05 deg
peri 210.5147999561594 2.3008e-05 deg
M 150.1669587225302 1.8854e-05 deg
tp 2457958.215243474298
(2017-Jul-23.71524347)		 7.8719e-05 TDB
period 1539.7695626006
4.22		 1.0496e-05
2.874e-08		 d
yr
n .2338012185355687 1.5937e-09 deg/d
Q 2.955645668638089 1.3432e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1876  
   data-arc span      25470 days (69.73 yr)  
   first obs. used      1949-11-23  
   last obs. used      2019-08-18  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43349  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Sep-23 19:25:06  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.28382 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.43451 au 
 T_jup = 3.362 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.9   n/a MPO337268  
diameter diameter 11.725 km 0.081 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 24. h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 lower-limit; Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong.
Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2008) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
geometric albedo albedo 0.223   0.043 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

2490 Bussolini (1976 AG)          Discovered 1976-Jan-03 by Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1976 AG = 1962 WN2 = 1977 KK = 1978 NT3 = 1978 QH 
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