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3012 Minsk (1979 QU9)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003012
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 52 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .07025666825361625 3.4454e-08  
a 3.222843079409992 1.3607e-08 au
q 2.996416862346421 1.1402e-07 au
i 18.19242225928573 4.0195e-06 deg
node 354.8765283902167 1.1748e-05 deg
peri 91.62070679794974 3.7005e-05 deg
M 288.7523514579227 3.4182e-05 deg
tp 2459418.739649389855
(2021-Jul-23.23964939)		 0.00020169 TDB
period 2113.28060450201
5.79		 1.3384e-05
3.664e-08		 d
yr
n .1703512535122297 1.0788e-09 deg/d
Q 3.449269296473563 1.4563e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2442  
   data-arc span      24692 days (67.60 yr)  
   first obs. used      1953-04-10  
   last obs. used      2020-11-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42856  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-18 02:09:35  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 2.08463 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.73215 au 
 T_jup = 3.106 
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456135.5 (2012-Jul-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 52 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .06606968436037615 3.4103e-08  
q 3.013466578013221 1.1249e-07 au
tp 2455171.430987215062
(2009-Dec-05.93098722)		 0.0002084 TDB
node 355.0798597331873 1.1702e-05 deg
peri 88.93214548232599 3.959e-05 deg
i 18.22622911301123 4.0225e-06 deg
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2442  
   data-arc span      24692 days (67.60 yr)  
   first obs. used      1953-04-10  
   last obs. used      2020-11-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42856  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-18 02:09:35  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = 1.73215 au 
 T_jup = 3.106 
Orbit Covariance (6×6)
  e q tp node peri i
e 1.163037453342076E-15 -3.811573149510748E-15 -6.292136871912748E-13 -1.348331613222071E-15 -9.758524478727568E-14 -3.115439608970058E-15
q -3.811573149510748E-15 1.265459227038253E-14 2.873904178606415E-12 3.631124937768184E-15 4.829925182702946E-13 1.184726257251665E-14
tp -6.292136871912748E-13 2.873904178606415E-12 4.342932089215283E-8 3.828856778946994E-13 7.894637944320161E-9 3.07380128938041E-12
node -1.348331613222071E-15 3.631124937768184E-15 3.828856778946994E-13 1.369470364700297E-10 -1.298657561712416E-10 1.031813173584616E-11
peri -9.758524478727568E-14 4.829925182702946E-13 7.894637944320161E-9 -1.298657561712416E-10 1.567330864421008E-9 -8.966072907904551E-12
i -3.115439608970058E-15 1.184726257251665E-14 3.07380128938041E-12 1.031813173584616E-11 -8.966072907904551E-12 1.61801471530737E-11

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.0   n/a MPO319121  
diameter diameter 21.061 km 0.247 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 3.91220 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Odden, C.E.; Hirschfield, L.; Driscoll, A.; Brown, E.; et al. (2016) Minor Planet Bull. 43, 218-219.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.174   0.020 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

3012 Minsk (1979 QU9)          Discovered 1979-Aug-27 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1979 QU9 = 1950 SU = 1953 GA2 = 1973 SN2 
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