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226563 (2003 WT68)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2226563
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 13 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .048252383716791 8.8352e-08  
a 3.235603924999141 5.6254e-08 au
q 3.079478322854527 2.795e-07 au
i 19.44726148625274 1.1877e-05 deg
node 243.6184839907889 2.2262e-05 deg
peri 226.9659826131276 0.00011033 deg
M 189.9387294647116 0.00011101 deg
tp 2459604.732739322913
(2022-Jan-25.23273932)		 0.00066519 TDB
period 2125.844320804549
5.82		 5.544e-05
1.518e-07		 d
yr
n .1693444794977997 4.4163e-09 deg/d
Q 3.391729527143755 5.8968e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      250  
   data-arc span      7481 days (20.48 yr)  
   first obs. used      1998-01-17  
   last obs. used      2018-07-12  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .59833  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2018-Oct-04 08:46:20  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 2.12014 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.88832 au 
 T_jup = 3.094 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.6   n/a MPO268233  
diameter diameter 6.604 km 0.370 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.064   0.007 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

226563 (2003 WT68)          Discovered 2003-Nov-19 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak
Reference: 20091202/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2009-12-04

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