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55617 (2002 TF79)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2055617
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1122384507069693 4.1782e-08  
a 3.068719047009137 2.3118e-08 au
q 2.724290775517864 1.3283e-07 au
i 13.04670020430803 5.0989e-06 deg
node 63.21208860544149 2.2987e-05 deg
peri 18.70506158642463 3.8264e-05 deg
M 344.0142835233494 2.8385e-05 deg
tp 2458687.689407324714
(2019-Jul-23.18940732)		 0.00015493 TDB
period 1963.514533911809
5.38		 2.2188e-05
6.075e-08		 d
yr
n .1833447085735548 2.0719e-09 deg/d
Q 3.41314731850041 2.5713e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      931  
   data-arc span      8035 days (22.00 yr)  
   first obs. used      1997-11-29  
   last obs. used      2019-11-29  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55723  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-04 04:37:40  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.74279 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.89708 au 
 T_jup = 3.182 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.8   n/a MPO280075  
diameter diameter 5.857 km 0.253 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.187   0.036 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

55617 (2002 TF79)          Discovered 2002-Oct-01 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20030216/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 2002 TF79 = 1997 WB41 = 2000 KB20 = 2001 ON27 
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