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2538 Vanderlinden (1954 UD)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002538
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 31 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1299365462356094 2.8333e-08  
a 2.239589045298023 5.661e-09 au
q 1.948584579764892 6.2491e-08 au
i 4.765688689118108 3.3104e-06 deg
node 50.3324647579509 4.6975e-05 deg
peri 28.77196752181367 4.9625e-05 deg
M 175.9821059809863 1.596e-05 deg
tp 2458402.065065040644
(2018-Oct-10.56506504)		 5.3827e-05 TDB
period 1224.195922559562
3.35		 4.6416e-06
1.271e-08		 d
yr
n .2940705759314311 1.115e-09 deg/d
Q 2.530593510831154 6.3965e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2603  
   data-arc span      24058 days (65.87 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-10-28  
   last obs. used      2020-09-09  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45788  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-13 04:08:25  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .965503 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.68657 au 
 T_jup = 3.620 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.3   n/a MPO473799  
diameter diameter 5.459 km 0.859 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...814..117N)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.259   0.131 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...814..117N)  

2538 Vanderlinden (1954 UD)          Discovered 1954-Oct-30 by Arend, S. at Uccle
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
2004-Jun-29 19:30 < 00:01 Vesta 0.0365141546849755 0.0365129523272067 0.036515357044175 4.86428096549791 4.8642802955906 2453186.312357281 0.301393265605913 61.7808341069139 40.4543571524846 -19.4114805085533 94426.1938696341 T 31 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-13 04:08:31 2020-Nov-13 04:08
2048-Jan-18 15:08 < 00:01 Vesta 0.0343572351267077 0.0343545932432835 0.0343598771365183 4.42937739630827 4.42937661443974 2469094.130714859 0.350902338805863 170.538693512226 41.0109218211934 41.1442333995422 85228.4652236866 T 31 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-13 04:08:31 2020-Nov-13 04:08

Alternate Designations
 1954 UD = 1969 EK1 = 1976 GN7 = 1979 DQ = 1979 FW2 = 1981 WQ1 
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