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243312 (2008 QE48)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2243312
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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 .02548286497300433 5.6429e-08  
a 3.12401813900347 3.3657e-08 au
q 3.044409206594028 1.7687e-07 au
i 14.98898939892174 6.9177e-06 deg
node 192.3917285792301 1.7691e-05 deg
peri 33.78903797793905 0.00011323 deg
M 89.07248676859784 0.00011102 deg
tp 2458101.489339447826
(2017-Dec-13.98933945)		 0.00062196 TDB
period 2016.827466212782
5.52		 3.2593e-05
8.923e-08		 d
yr
n .1784981640873879 2.8846e-09 deg/d
Q 3.203627071412912 3.4515e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      243  
   data-arc span      7171 days (19.63 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-03-04  
   last obs. used      2019-10-22  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .5739  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-08 02:14:37  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 2.04727 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.76286 au 
 T_jup = 3.162 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.5   n/a MPO454784  
diameter diameter 4.889 km 1.284 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.035   0.020 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

243312 (2008 QE48)          Discovered 2008-Aug-26 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20100626/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2010-06-28

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Alternate Designations
 2008 QE48 = 2007 OC3 
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