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226124 (2002 QL68)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2226124
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 16 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .07503681494316673 5.4394e-08  
a 3.196366107654026 3.6184e-08 au
q 2.95652097554338 1.7583e-07 au
i 3.510269861732023 5.2239e-06 deg
node 118.8071339098558 9.8135e-05 deg
peri 60.05731023117007 0.00010426 deg
M 188.7538773941618 3.7113e-05 deg
tp 2459993.390712935320
(2023-Feb-17.89071294)		 0.000222 TDB
period 2087.291970279794
5.71		 3.5444e-05
9.704e-08		 d
yr
n .1724722775375518 2.9287e-09 deg/d
Q 3.436211239764671 3.8899e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      228  
   data-arc span      6634 days (18.16 yr)  
   first obs. used      2002-08-18  
   last obs. used      2020-10-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56882  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-12 02:34:27  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.96219 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.52838 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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