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226221 (2002 VJ94)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2226221
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 16 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2298716613816474 4.3017e-08  
a 2.303776133900766 1.1621e-08 au
q 1.774203286549608 1.0241e-07 au
i 9.698899807133548 5.0849e-06 deg
node 67.21209641244808 3.744e-05 deg
peri 342.1549213738402 4.0557e-05 deg
M 272.5030701434364 1.513e-05 deg
tp 2458910.919612835997
(2020-Mar-02.41961284)		 5.4213e-05 TDB
period 1277.199792085913
3.50		 9.6642e-06
2.646e-08		 d
yr
n .2818666290354234 2.1328e-09 deg/d
Q 2.833348981251924 1.4293e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      529  
   data-arc span      6250 days (17.11 yr)  
   first obs. used      2002-10-11  
   last obs. used      2019-11-21  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50413  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-14 15:34:56  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .787338 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.54907 au 
 T_jup = 3.535 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.8   n/a MPO418208  
diameter diameter 1.619 km 0.257 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.425   0.148 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

226221 (2002 VJ94)          Discovered 2002-Nov-12 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20091202/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2009-12-04

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