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2881 Meiden (1983 AA1)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002881
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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 .1546950035854084 2.9399e-08  
a 2.247675648104047 5.6324e-09 au
q 1.899971455661756 6.5898e-08 au
i 4.61592570186269 3.6373e-06 deg
node 172.99791657 3.944e-05 deg
peri 326.5673319129946 4.1117e-05 deg
M 17.28413165805756 1.1646e-05 deg
tp 2458941.405923177272
(2020-Apr-01.90592318)		 3.9773e-05 TDB
period 1230.832307752328
3.37		 4.6264e-06
1.267e-08		 d
yr
n .2924850101289673 1.0994e-09 deg/d
Q 2.595379840546338 6.5037e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2618  
   data-arc span      30723 days (84.11 yr)  
   first obs. used      1936-03-17  
   last obs. used      2020-04-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .44118  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-May-20 01:46:36  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .914852 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.4276 au 
 T_jup = 3.609 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.1   n/a MPO452203  
diameter diameter 5.672 km 0.064 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 3.48011 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Brinsfield, J.W. (2010) Minor Planet Bull. 37, 146-147.]
[Polakis, T.; Skiff, B.A.; Pravec, P.; Warner, B.D. (2017) CBET 4387.]
[Aznar Macias, A.; Cornea, R.; Suciu, O. (2018) Minor Planet Bull. 45, 92-96.]
[Ditteon, R.; Young, J. (2018) Minor Planet Bull. 45, 117-119.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.241   0.026 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
SMASSII spectral type spec_B S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

2881 Meiden (1983 AA1)          Discovered 1983-Jan-12 by Skiff, B. A. at Flagstaff (AM)
Discovered at the Anderson Mesa station, which is operated by the Lowell Observatory.
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1983 AA1 = 1936 FS1 = 1936 FZ1 = 1953 GP1 = 1953 GQ = 1968 UO2 = 1975 VL1 = 1978 RP5 = 1983 AZ1 
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