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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 42 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1814064626276484 | 1.959e-08 | |
| a | 2.810035135585409 | 1.0938e-08 | au |
| q | 2.300276601779455 | 5.5756e-08 | au |
| i | 7.823651002195667 | 7.9921e-07 | deg |
| node | 106.4853211722848 | 3.5888e-06 | deg |
| peri | 297.56984488687 | 6.4001e-06 | deg |
| M | 151.412623214753 | 5.7663e-06 | deg |
| tp | 2458476.854884498036
(2018-Dec-24.35488450) | 2.5223e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1720.545064536759
4.71 | 1.0045e-05
2.75e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2092360191082392 | 1.2216e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 3.319793669391362 | 1.2922e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.01 |
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n/a |
MPCxxxxx |
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| diameter |
diameter |
24.377 |
km |
0.030 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M) |
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| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.050 |
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0.003 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M) |
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| SMASSII spectral type |
spec_B |
C |
|
n/a |
EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 |
based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002) |
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| 2244 Tesla (1952 UW1) Discovered 1952-Oct-22 by Protitch, M. B. at Belgrade |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1952 UW1 = 1938 UE1 = 1938 WE = 1949 AA = 1966 UB = 1976 YR3 = 1980 SV = 1980 TJ15 |
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