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2512 Tavastia (1940 GG)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002512
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 42 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1214460506480412 2.9519e-08  
a 2.243804374517862 6.3637e-09 au
q 1.971303194805869 6.5752e-08 au
i 6.380508477650798 3.3418e-06 deg
node 69.521691934 3.4902e-05 deg
peri 14.95942711499083 3.9079e-05 deg
M 44.27058813911394 1.6518e-05 deg
tp 2458849.530678452336
(2020-Jan-01.03067845)		 5.6363e-05 TDB
period 1227.653799998661
3.36		 5.2226e-06
1.43e-08		 d
yr
n .2932422805194693 1.2475e-09 deg/d
Q 2.516305554229855 7.1365e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2453  
   data-arc span      29281 days (80.17 yr)  
   first obs. used      1940-04-03  
   last obs. used      2020-06-03  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .4333  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-13 04:08:40  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .98802 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.67741 au 
 T_jup = 3.615 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.5   n/a MPO412184  
diameter diameter 7.548 km 0.081 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 7.296 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Simpson, G.; Chong, E.; Gerhardt, M.; Gorsky, S.; et al. (2013) Minor Planet Bull. 146-151.]
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]
[Behrend, R. (2019) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
geometric albedo albedo 0.352   0.066 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

2512 Tavastia (1940 GG)          Discovered 1940-Apr-03 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1940 GG = 1943 DN = 1965 UC2 = 1965 VF = 1965 WY = 1970 ER = 1972 XC1 = 1975 VP2 = 1977 FW 
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