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4393 Dawe (1978 VP8)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2004393
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 35 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1197853200010485 4.1289e-08  
a 3.223553450997199 1.6812e-08 au
q 2.837419069329015 1.3535e-07 au
i 2.211065967656706 4.0143e-06 deg
node 125.1100419638247 0.00010706 deg
peri 86.95043047831912 0.00010847 deg
M 307.9984731235684 1.9526e-05 deg
tp 2459305.861538791171
(2021-Apr-01.36153879)		 0.00011542 TDB
period 2113.979349607227
5.79		 1.6538e-05
4.528e-08		 d
yr
n .1702949463848298 1.3322e-09 deg/d
Q 3.609687832665383 1.8826e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2284  
   data-arc span      25926 days (70.98 yr)  
   first obs. used      1949-11-21  
   last obs. used      2020-11-14  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49872  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-17 19:52:30  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.83268 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.35548 au 
 T_jup = 3.176 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.7   n/a MPO337288  
diameter diameter 14.716 km 0.405 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.082   0.011 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

4393 Dawe (1978 VP8)          Discovered 1978-Nov-07 by Helin and Bus at Palomar
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
2013-Aug-27 15:56 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.80413772284387 1.80413730752006 1.80413813816758 2.55177371693866 2.36062945726986 2456532.163648825 0.1941480459616 43.6465114481748 9.7651413890519 89.0440237641816 3140466.39685326 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2024-Nov-17 10:09 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.58703514671566 1.58703475401698 1.58703553941407 1.79432168494146 1.46702514066345 2460631.922985849 0.364483555565854 57.3884748978576 30.4626989428896 89.0937545761093 2432474.44743262 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2036-Mar-19 04:47 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.44807437805601 1.44807397428916 1.44807478182195 1.38969467334189 0.872577087880852 2464771.699071899 0.684631463651204 214.305252385513 116.787316959003 -1.28048041191039 1940975.47470089 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2047-Aug-19 16:53 00:01 Jupiter 1.38949531395234 1.38949493203864 1.38949569586469 1.25717208046911 0.601083640544839 2468942.203485770 1.11638896505808 686.730810962111 227.446432590591 1.54156274084824 1825068.5340495 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2059-Jan-25 12:21 00:02 Jupiter 1.40456444922511 1.40456388615429 1.40456501229592 1.3352514494469 0.759471224251664 2473119.014584096 1.76022574417742 460.580948238179 163.717983570936 19.7630310099413 1777495.63134564 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2070-Jun-06 13:05 00:03 Jupiter 1.49723770730336 1.497236492171 1.49723892243913 1.67075513597466 1.28840047276311 2477269.045261738 2.64023422373387 237.470704138158 47.1959047396768 58.2957857217334 2052559.78324376 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2081-Aug-31 09:50 00:04 Jupiter 1.68634138588712 1.68633933108063 1.68634344069705 2.41175379232998 2.19362441974872 2481372.909604511 3.51921714452382 179.34605099623 8.67351228501145 -79.7637851528648 2198608.30951179 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52
2092-Oct-20 01:12 00:04 Jupiter 1.94478742394102 1.94478489822133 1.94478994966292 3.54443317322062 3.4193474535042 2485440.550055631 4.06819878675976 168.023030249917 22.2626192055464 -53.4864429706496 2257644.37468916 T 35 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 19:52:37 2020-Dec-17 19:52

Alternate Designations
 1978 VP8 = 1969 FA = 1978 WU12 = 1983 UL = 1986 EC3 
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