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226124 (2002 QL68)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2226124
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 15 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .0749358126096789 5.8366e-08  
a 3.197275272458756 4.0758e-08 au
q 2.957684851780227 1.8413e-07 au
i 3.510012762833207 5.8899e-06 deg
node 118.8059122272098 9.942e-05 deg
peri 60.38895939595696 0.00010636 deg
M 119.4073941731907 3.7908e-05 deg
tp 2457907.876551618786
(2017-Jun-03.37655162)		 0.00021786 TDB
period 2088.182588220486
5.72		 3.9929e-05
1.093e-07		 d
yr
n .1723987174449079 3.2965e-09 deg/d
Q 3.436865693137285 4.3812e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      204  
   data-arc span      6213 days (17.01 yr)  
   first obs. used      2002-08-18  
   last obs. used      2019-08-22  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .57063  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Sep-24 04:09:11  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.96371 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.52894 au 
 T_jup = 3.188 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.0   n/a MPO450048  
diameter diameter 4.199 km 1.017 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.040   0.015 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

226124 (2002 QL68)          Discovered 2002-Aug-29 by NEAT at Palomar
Reference: 20091202/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2009-12-04

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Alternate Designations
 2002 QL68 = 2005 AT27 
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