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9270 (1978 VO8)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2009270
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1455322307545985 3.6648e-08  
a 3.048850191562191 1.4482e-08 au
q 2.605144221947561 1.1162e-07 au
i 2.515609604803329 3.8605e-06 deg
node 109.9890094525889 9.0736e-05 deg
peri 41.93584450267244 9.1593e-05 deg
M 213.7764542319319 1.3978e-05 deg
tp 2459790.300428549459
(2022-Jul-29.80042855)		 7.8318e-05 TDB
period 1944.475855679162
5.32		 1.3854e-05
3.793e-08		 d
yr
n .1851398663287902 1.3191e-09 deg/d
Q 3.492556161176822 1.6589e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1915  
   data-arc span      20788 days (56.91 yr)  
   first obs. used      1962-12-03  
   last obs. used      2019-11-02  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .48611  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-03 22:08:09  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.61658 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.5046 au 
 T_jup = 3.220 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.3   n/a MPO358720  

9270 (1978 VO8)          Discovered 1978-Nov-07 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Palomar
Reference: 19981005/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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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
1901-Nov-13 06:01 00:03 Jupiter 1.79702900154523 1.79702729427363 1.79703070881459 2.09349042997674 1.85472641833357 2415701.750839354 2.79032147133578 57.8363920926865 10.3265642869215 -87.8698171091456 955911.086017108 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
1941-Feb-25 18:55 00:02 Jupiter 1.98144651890191 1.98144527275851 1.98144776504508 3.40476119210746 3.27680409481869 2430051.288082141 1.69817228614478 56.9642796734534 30.5646342161806 41.3501096666527 1433825.8475625 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
1950-Jul-09 15:44 00:02 Jupiter 1.53128164100864 1.53128121324082 1.53128206877733 1.30371127391406 0.770305668503658 2433472.155838718 1.57923624269622 379.453651673145 172.627861650262 28.9026559191159 2170653.08632129 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
1999-Feb-26 01:36 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.592092425727 1.59209197983809 1.59209287161536 1.62047370865498 1.24975924745503 2451235.566329582 0.431113825430238 86.1545236558394 64.388114207789 56.985719127825 1940222.81497329 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2008-Jul-04 07:36 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.86661150745755 1.86661114493073 1.86661186998428 2.36027445744232 2.15947784721854 2454651.816965614 0.238168055206608 41.8671558630911 6.24417578870777 89.5325118051833 3181098.83558785 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2047-Oct-22 03:45 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.91650429321733 1.91650380186431 1.91650478457036 3.07130106384339 2.92386144678439 2469005.656149730 0.778894958087056 41.4043322881678 15.2153716313183 81.3600406614032 2910346.520001 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2057-Feb-26 22:47 00:01 Jupiter 1.56264203493631 1.56264153067198 1.56264253920045 1.38748882381317 0.917079583424645 2472421.449647778 1.03014518754957 237.066253693007 102.750368706008 30.6939894847524 2127019.61808319 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2105-Oct-15 00:23 00:02 Jupiter 1.55558908957758 1.5555884737134 1.55558970544097 1.46622176716355 1.02995184253219 2490182.515639911 2.23815653635945 205.503052974226 137.311255496342 -28.326540930785 1396725.3721911 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2115-Feb-23 10:32 00:02 Jupiter 1.94020380456781 1.94020225646196 1.94020535267278 2.65432273989149 2.48441177031457 2493600.939103971 2.36236581523312 47.9257498881606 36.7634722421789 -35.6438741101627 1015314.41273798 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2154-Jun-13 17:53 00:03 Jupiter 1.85178612027065 1.8517841541818 1.85178808635856 2.74936485816866 2.57763269974366 2507956.245020451 3.35877463645216 86.8752163692937 24.3786440333992 56.1307485370118 1158313.4460454 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08
2163-Oct-16 03:02 00:04 Jupiter 1.59973872861385 1.59973720532918 1.59974025190216 1.500522793474 1.0920703218958 2511367.626137661 3.66691303396061 348.180679402601 71.3749254215174 45.721258232723 1943800.19106748 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2019-Dec-03 22:08:23 2019-Dec-03 22:08

Alternate Designations
 1978 VO8 = 1962 XN1 = 1985 CR1 
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