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(2018 VM6)
Classification: Apollo [NEO]          SPK-ID: 3836169
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 6 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .224437229328037 0.0004019  
a 1.300271692133706 0.00069233 au
q 1.008442316177539 1.436e-05 au
i 30.06127429125938 0.019917 deg
node 46.70543521197112 0.00068628 deg
peri 359.344385847715 0.0025834 deg
M 150.6754158561394 0.40615 deg
tp 2458973.832379001497
(2020-May-04.33237900)		 0.42996 TDB
period 541.5637520945735
1.48		 0.43253
0.001184		 d
yr
n .6647416829646551 0.00053091 deg/d
Q 1.592101068089874 0.00084771 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      120  
   data-arc span      19 days  
   first obs. used      2018-11-09  
   last obs. used      2018-11-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      7  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43502  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-15 20:48:01  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .0176054 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 3.81003 au 
 T_jup = 4.845 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 22.9   .41453 E2018X15 autocmod 2.6q

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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
1941-Nov-08 21:00 4_18:39 Earth 0.0180020036241809 0.0179922641906078 0.116942172373173 16.5418600877006 16.5329100539505 2430307.374931678 6878.69945793448 5733250.83400466 12.0975252550467 -88.1392720838437 174928.484508058 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
1944-Oct-29 04:05 2_18:25 Earth 0.236502319348645 0.17632763759605 0.29772504813701 17.6826441784416 17.6820070344835 2431392.670125276 3984.72532446434 3127069.30053359 148.887319220715 -14.0532796101915 52998.1056418701 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
1947-Oct-18 23:50 14:20 Earth 0.470144324894379 0.45805685033429 0.482239191587454 21.0865812264606 21.0863124583407 2432477.492934829 859.98880864031 610062.31532614 204.162393330246 -8.76519516053798 48036.1956595453 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2012-Nov-30 06:47 3_17:35 Earth 0.497923384638196 0.414883538289461 0.587318254001531 22.3084010438581 22.3081611695554 2456261.782731999 5374.86668593558 5135921.51661497 358.093984131733 32.6012850374865 97773.8279074069 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2015-Nov-20 15:58 1_21:56 Earth 0.257184073894948 0.216883948584555 0.304798880366475 18.3503039883426 18.3497394002644 2457347.165218046 2756.07393396602 3084809.49517489 156.579546023082 43.8901883400573 146668.236233606 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2018-Nov-10 01:44 < 00:01 Earth 0.0239218647820697 0.0238674903372976 0.0239762390314779 16.5619559393609 16.5552293656885 2458432.571883143 0.040070778080465 2709.28414690193 19.9170535536988 -0.379994622767406 1132.74214837765 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2021-Oct-31 03:45 2_00:29 Earth 0.20341681559991 0.159261858576092 0.248341287332896 17.3890397685429 17.3882864835567 2459518.656095630 2908.70696967974 2307060.80999846 133.86624869913 -15.3089429611425 55207.3365170888 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2024-Oct-20 16:13 4_04:19 Earth 0.422516336758156 0.335895871833667 0.509585021217515 20.2999781477084 20.2996674939561 2460604.175563562 6019.14544060256 4384636.54094535 193.449078540659 -8.81560702471364 45377.092629979 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2038-Nov-16 23:29 1_07:23 Mars 0.0462084365170487 0.0335850945172809 0.245911442241883 11.1992641534679 11.1987109229141 2465744.478397902 1882.93384806542 10565191.2768771 49.0136013871626 46.6230700008401 107892.636840033 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2087-Oct-12 01:00 01:33 Mars 0.0382111570203104 0.0259358225922875 0.0635147506255745 11.2223030430285 11.2216353959829 2483605.541777866 93.3761085356408 1491888.13292076 155.629083481105 42.7496608719891 24804.4925769787 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2095-Nov-27 22:23 5_13:07 Earth 0.419578736179582 0.309129180807939 0.555163709692991 20.819709552836 20.8194045334791 2486574.432751456 7986.58484137829 8015495.5473087 298.347531270332 37.979620824262 111270.745062024 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2098-Nov-17 20:53 8_04:22 Earth 0.191363307261934 0.125060963041717 0.414044991432953 17.5767719864611 17.5759798055801 2487660.370277545 11782.2155951287 12459794.7079939 111.088201465081 40.8103209724098 155416.509247074 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2135-Nov-22 13:36 2_02:14 Earth 0.268187861427356 0.224667851268746 0.320058144766416 18.4544168662881 18.4538784982759 2501178.066350009 3014.24892762288 3356895.44557014 165.365711735487 43.984948103813 143668.098384816 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2138-Nov-11 18:56 3_06:06 Earth 0.0297581360143978 0.0190256273629884 0.103100509169408 16.5711884515904 16.5657843463647 2502263.288813367 4685.55057611827 3912077.31050257 17.6091730466625 39.7525428119102 172122.125998429 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2141-Nov-01 16:08 3_12:51 Earth 0.198756432911501 0.122793087442874 0.27742678988793 17.3778501586264 17.3770787140065 2503349.172328069 5090.77906982674 4025818.50700611 131.31594480959 -15.377188145543 55159.9784794088 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2144-Oct-22 01:04 3_19:50 Earth 0.421650251631751 0.342907760518295 0.50079298674495 20.3429920854864 20.3426814518515 2504434.544126461 5510.23535269461 3989507.68678305 192.639071519833 -9.18317831184691 47233.5782401226 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2157-May-15 12:08 03:10 Mars 0.0678599823925157 0.0345149162853702 0.137252069235921 11.5373109963621 11.536945321814 2509023.005291106 189.653395548535 3710784.77093768 46.9658176529239 -30.5736307513524 105765.018219812 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2175-Nov-25 14:52 3_21:37 Earth 0.335955444115353 0.259161298335876 0.433841362314739 19.4003296294426 19.3999208150844 2515791.119640252 5617.32904871244 6071685.60272523 221.389432611526 42.2838838258287 128948.081484764 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2178-Nov-15 18:06 3_22:14 Earth 0.113821792267699 0.0594581921253788 0.210432884585703 16.9337675178638 16.9323850626462 2516877.254463666 5653.51783311669 5226083.16899043 82.5199410358522 31.4953737249999 113648.331032053 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2181-Nov-05 23:55 3_17:35 Earth 0.105948109537823 0.035963692769491 0.190774636754542 16.7437097282725 16.7422076694552 2517963.496825437 5374.62557729546 4352729.27535312 85.7585698551892 -18.3991582273363 54011.2517249485 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
2184-Oct-26 13:59 3_08:17 Earth 0.327907129031234 0.257451362974172 0.399054116862841 18.9001939664988 18.8997640340975 2519049.082940825 4817.38492952821 3609556.81613476 177.61534792938 -11.7234600385005 50991.6558414134 T 6 CATAB v2.0g-lin.ifort 2021-Apr-15 20:48:02 2021-Apr-15 20:48
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