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3727 Maxhell (1981 PQ)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003727
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1503765025450608 4.0147e-08  
a 3.319444237944752 1.9641e-08 au
q 2.820277823049265 1.3638e-07 au
i 5.376638530691013 4.9729e-06 deg
node 161.5523589893752 4.3503e-05 deg
peri 162.104144460323 4.6636e-05 deg
M 74.35209189957989 1.7099e-05 deg
tp 2458144.266486249360
(2018-Jan-25.76648625)		 0.00010504 TDB
period 2209.003953406705
6.05		 1.9606e-05
5.368e-08		 d
yr
n .162969377870425 1.4464e-09 deg/d
Q 3.818610652840238 2.2595e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2109  
   data-arc span      24013 days (65.74 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-03-07  
   last obs. used      2019-12-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .48633  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-13 21:34:36  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.80793 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.53361 au 
 T_jup = 3.140 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.5   n/a MPO458867  
diameter diameter 27.691 km 0.069 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 51.469 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); 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:
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.064   0.015 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

3727 Maxhell (1981 PQ)          Discovered 1981-Aug-07 by Mrkos, A. at Klet
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1981 PQ = 1969 RN = 1975 RS1 = 1976 YY3 = 1981 RZ2 
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