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203 Pompeja (A879 SA)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000203
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 116 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .05888228416022841 1.9895e-08  
a 2.737416848987092 7.2543e-09 au
q 2.576231492220037 5.5969e-08 au
i 3.172124832504218 5.1954e-07 deg
node 347.7202510328254 2.8837e-06 deg
peri 59.85371828018127 1.5824e-05 deg
M 33.09692197672958 1.3852e-05 deg
tp 2459048.412004388701
(2020-Jul-17.91200439)		 6.3762e-05 TDB
period 1654.283091900917
4.53		 6.5759e-06
1.8e-08		 d
yr
n .2176169252786887 8.6504e-10 deg/d
Q 2.898602205754147 7.6814e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3244  
   data-arc span      51679 days (141.49 yr)  
   first obs. used      1879-09-26  
   last obs. used      2021-03-24  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .4157  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-May-03 18:01:45  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.58637 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.32017 au 
 T_jup = 3.347 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 8.85   n/a E2021B10 IRAS observations used: 13
diameter diameter 124.592 km 1.079 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 24.052 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Pilcher, F.; Ferrero, A.; Hamanowa, H; Hamanowa, H. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 99.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.036   0.006 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
B-V BV 0.702   0.023 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=8.37 deg.
U-B UB 0.293   0.036 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=6.14, mean=7.26, max.=8.37) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T DCX:   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 2 color indices

203 Pompeja (A879 SA)          Discovered 1879-Sep-25 by Peters, C. H. F. at Clinton
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 A879 SA = A895 EA 
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