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243368 (2008 WS89)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2243368
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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 .1883295077521953 4.5258e-08  
a 2.599116983000819 2.2825e-08 au
q 2.109626561001904 1.1743e-07 au
i 3.558534850180508 7.8357e-06 deg
node 237.6224338048067 9.6853e-05 deg
peri 235.3632636529003 9.9742e-05 deg
M 146.5582169971772 2.5631e-05 deg
tp 2457977.418524900707
(2017-Aug-11.91852490)		 0.00010534 TDB
period 1530.513509454512
4.19		 2.0161e-05
5.52e-08		 d
yr
n .2352151730619529 3.0984e-09 deg/d
Q 3.088607404999735 2.7124e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      257  
   data-arc span      8315 days (22.77 yr)  
   first obs. used      1995-08-31  
   last obs. used      2018-06-06  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .61547  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2018-Oct-04 09:32:42  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.12884 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.04301 au 
 T_jup = 3.388 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.7   n/a MPO437136  
diameter diameter 2.453 km 0.443 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.067   0.024 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

243368 (2008 WS89)          Discovered 2008-Nov-22 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak
Reference: 20100626/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2010-06-28

Alternate Designations
 2008 WS89 = 2004 XG168 
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