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2768 Gorky (1972 RX3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002768
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 39 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .170966216737112 3.4109e-08  
a 2.234349126652788 5.7414e-09 au
q 1.852350909599091 7.5452e-08 au
i 6.276401251914866 3.7769e-06 deg
node 53.27908424555167 3.0909e-05 deg
peri 335.1573038024263 3.2599e-05 deg
M 81.08793063498426 1.0538e-05 deg
tp 2458725.724064489845
(2019-Aug-30.22406449)		 3.551e-05 TDB
period 1219.902098981159
3.34		 4.702e-06
1.287e-08		 d
yr
n .295105648478403 1.1375e-09 deg/d
Q 2.616347343706486 6.723e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2648  
   data-arc span      31430 days (86.05 yr)  
   first obs. used      1934-04-06  
   last obs. used      2020-04-24  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42784  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-May-20 01:44:46  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .859864 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.82376 au 
 T_jup = 3.612 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.2   n/a MPO502179  
diameter diameter 8.887 km 0.421 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 4.507 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Pray, D.P.; Galad, A.; Husark, M.; Oey, J. (2008) Minor Planet Bull. 35, 34-37.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.323   0.067 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

2768 Gorky (1972 RX3)          Discovered 1972-Sep-06 by Zhuravleva, L. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
2180-Mar-17 08:58 00:02 Iris 0.0470285615894235 0.0470272809284862 0.0470298475855721 4.91032410592761 4.91032408103324 2517364.873824661 1.79421031676305 826.430037007463 18.2793095181682 -85.7453884143209 383679.192989278 T 39 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-May-20 01:44:57 2020-May-20 01:45

Alternate Designations
 1972 RX3 = 1934 GM = 1951 JO = 1974 FZ1 = 1979 YV2 
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