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215080 Kaohsiung (2009 FX18)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2215080
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 13 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1349836023961966 6.7367e-08  
a 2.789264983673863 3.0973e-08 au
q 2.412759948139997 1.9118e-07 au
i 4.474411306750278 7.663e-06 deg
node 8.050251239700156 7.0927e-05 deg
peri 176.4314051487136 7.4508e-05 deg
M 184.8880221520663 2.7097e-05 deg
tp 2460028.149470480204
(2023-Mar-24.64947048)		 0.00013767 TDB
period 1701.50444895103
4.66		 2.8342e-05
7.76e-08		 d
yr
n .2115774661782039 3.5242e-09 deg/d
Q 3.165770019207729 3.5154e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      182  
   data-arc span      6093 days (16.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      2004-01-18  
   last obs. used      2020-09-23  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .61903  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-12 03:44:12  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.41416 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.79139 au 
 T_jup = 3.312 
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2457434.5 (2016-Feb-16.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 13 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1329426936108224 6.7653e-08  
q 2.420884852173847 1.9175e-07 au
tp 2456622.798010938568
(2013-Nov-26.29801094)		 0.00010611 TDB
node 8.194682951721678 7.0865e-05 deg
peri 176.5441725810971 7.4519e-05 deg
i 4.475270489119085 7.6612e-06 deg
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      182  
   data-arc span      6093 days (16.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      2004-01-18  
   last obs. used      2020-09-23  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .61903  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-12 03:44:12  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = 1.79139 au 
 T_jup = 3.312 
Orbit Covariance (6×6)
  e q tp node peri i
e 4.57691923469075E-15 -1.284453723148886E-14 -4.682653094748956E-13 5.13150734976587E-14 -2.442061196515045E-13 -3.804676160869895E-15
q -1.284453723148886E-14 3.676819033709057E-14 2.443744401495658E-12 -1.444804121038736E-13 9.775102777470197E-13 1.168670568255864E-14
tp -4.682653094748956E-13 2.443744401495658E-12 1.125860551837916E-8 2.365645236354319E-11 2.454969490754112E-9 -2.66963586948342E-12
node 5.13150734976587E-14 -1.444804121038736E-13 2.365645236354319E-11 5.021818564573935E-9 -5.002322957756469E-9 -9.196883039395283E-11
peri -2.442061196515045E-13 9.775102777470197E-13 2.454969490754112E-9 -5.002322957756469E-9 5.553150678733515E-9 9.128498442612403E-11
i -3.804676160869895E-15 1.168670568255864E-14 -2.66963586948342E-12 -9.196883039395283E-11 9.128498442612403E-11 5.869340974223815E-11

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.8   n/a MPO437029  

215080 Kaohsiung           Discovered 2009 Mar. 20 by Y.-S. Tsai and C.-S. Lin at Lulin.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second-largest city, is located in southwestern Taiwan and faces the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung is well known as a center for manufacturing, refining and heavy industries. The city will host the 2009 World Games. The name was suggested by the first discoverer.
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Reference: 20090806/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2011-05-09

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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
1904-Jul-26 12:09 00:05 Jupiter 1.81235792840242 1.81235656273557 1.81235929407174 2.25868728755467 2.04131072131815 2416688.006125319 5.2575910433318 207.476601594705 40.5857165977387 83.1279175697705 1311514.78583731 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
1927-Jul-15 04:49 00:04 Jupiter 1.81055719936319 1.81055619411859 1.81055820462868 2.29817715300675 2.08469896620506 2425076.700475973 4.04148506040206 376.822673651841 30.3939869760269 -87.6989528255436 1613327.511672 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
1950-Jun-28 22:20 00:03 Jupiter 1.95707895642939 1.95707720998312 1.95708070287644 2.69629714350467 2.53069547163664 2433461.430860252 3.04217189024541 130.80417427144 38.787452750098 -70.2574370698036 1550886.74004661 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2012-Mar-03 11:28 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.96388793776963 1.96388732192285 1.96388855361642 2.62851270119134 2.45895941717614 2455989.977742043 0.358606228411275 69.6775357233523 13.5597703456999 -80.7901385414908 1986321.11692673 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2035-Feb-12 17:59 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.81360061642281 1.81360007771856 1.81360115512768 2.23456530273571 2.01474657565076 2464371.249373313 0.955591550869426 117.395953320979 23.8182164472468 -83.5815967685169 1551552.50935266 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2058-Jan-31 07:41 00:02 Jupiter 1.81015374040063 1.81015300829868 1.8101544725068 2.29937601402475 2.08597053274762 2472759.820329229 2.12157094657973 201.849811281078 30.3189647699135 -88.1843142995533 1650612.28716454 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2081-Jan-15 10:49 00:03 Jupiter 1.95533629427366 1.9553345922475 1.95533799630093 2.72269698055434 2.5586536852451 2481144.950927089 3.34921026302753 136.230071191093 40.2312794370855 -70.1686737390623 1667358.94387685 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2142-Sep-23 03:15 00:06 Jupiter 1.96806725069505 1.96806432064437 1.96807018074271 2.60412211629754 2.43324601533085 2503674.635266603 6.24106823383128 90.9211687709168 64.4308040948054 -19.5357669686178 568853.535246563 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2165-Sep-01 21:52 00:07 Jupiter 1.81522465715694 1.81522322631923 1.81522608799889 2.20850587496798 1.98601499757093 2512054.411395790 7.11978009976173 231.230864310136 41.0615880460782 80.7805366734685 1372544.21974127 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44
2188-Aug-21 14:58 00:08 Jupiter 1.80387633938951 1.80387465602293 1.80387802285319 2.28301295879325 2.06713193659772 2520444.123434164 8.25265031874831 733.089908506796 30.5164811650089 -88.0761068107901 1617580.01303796 T 13 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-12 03:44:13 2020-Nov-12 03:44

Alternate Designations
 2009 FX18 = 2004 CG69 
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