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3727 Maxhell (1981 PQ)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003727
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 36 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1505875026632957 3.868e-08  
a 3.31993477914766 1.8767e-08 au
q 2.819994091750794 1.3023e-07 au
i 5.377073490706959 4.6315e-06 deg
node 161.5345217724707 4.1277e-05 deg
peri 162.2074338084649 4.4116e-05 deg
M 139.4117270292933 1.6487e-05 deg
tp 2458144.862990177323
(2018-Jan-26.36299018)		 0.00010063 TDB
period 2209.493635147638
6.05		 1.8735e-05
5.129e-08		 d
yr
n .1629332595818702 1.3815e-09 deg/d
Q 3.819875466544526 2.1593e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2335  
   data-arc span      24360 days (66.69 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-03-07  
   last obs. used      2020-11-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47105  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-18 02:13:41  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.80854 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.5356 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. 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:
[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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