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26079 (1979 MW6)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2026079
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .03876143997674739 2.822e-08  
a 2.734345194463362 1.2754e-08 au
q 2.628358037332463 7.6268e-08 au
i 2.600298442090867 4.2502e-06 deg
node 198.3180914837834 7.4382e-05 deg
peri 74.43776738419118 9.8175e-05 deg
M 80.9706812213001 6.2346e-05 deg
tp 2458829.047119690629
(2019-Dec-11.54711969)		 0.00028679 TDB
period 1651.49946739236
4.52		 1.1555e-05
3.164e-08		 d
yr
n .2179837215257618 1.5252e-09 deg/d
Q 2.840332351594261 1.3249e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      993  
   data-arc span      15144 days (41.46 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-06-24  
   last obs. used      2020-12-09  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56369  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 03:17:33  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.61182 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.18218 au 
 T_jup = 3.350 
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2457586.5 (2016-Jul-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .03816729403407075 2.837e-08  
q 2.631185947079116 7.7033e-08 au
tp 2457190.115265016374
(2015-Jun-16.61526502)		 0.00029447 TDB
node 198.4337126316284 7.4328e-05 deg
peri 77.39127550518864 9.8627e-05 deg
i 2.600460805857807 4.2503e-06 deg
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      993  
   data-arc span      15144 days (41.46 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-06-24  
   last obs. used      2020-12-09  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56369  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 03:17:33  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = 2.18218 au 
 T_jup = 3.350 
Orbit Covariance (6×6)
  e q tp node peri i
e 8.04847384266619E-16 -2.157542107432522E-15 9.827857787090721E-13 -2.939098777915257E-15 2.032287496979534E-13 1.874280370941774E-17
q -2.157542107432522E-15 5.934031737430761E-15 -4.026628356399037E-12 7.92026232280768E-15 -8.438474594625154E-13 1.431500432542075E-16
tp 9.827857787090721E-13 -4.026628356399037E-12 8.671301896035917E-8 -9.387037638805886E-11 1.910068931473105E-8 -2.084279621638618E-12
node -2.939098777915257E-15 7.92026232280768E-15 -9.387037638805886E-11 5.524623660421189E-9 -5.53935461632601E-9 -1.025056928614841E-10
peri 2.032287496979534E-13 -8.438474594625154E-13 1.910068931473105E-8 -5.53935461632601E-9 9.727345537479674E-9 1.019612128583184E-10
i 1.874280370941774E-17 1.431500432542075E-16 -2.084279621638618E-12 -1.025056928614841E-10 1.019612128583184E-10 1.806467990011436E-11

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.1   n/a MPO474109  
diameter diameter 3.897 km 0.211 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.088   0.015 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

26079 (1979 MW6)          Discovered 1979-Jun-25 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring
Reference: 20010705/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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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
2042-Aug-20 06:28 00:02 Iris 0.0403604373533929 0.0403568474181796 0.0403640280115796 4.20649851069923 4.20649847683849 2467116.769240644 1.67930080857538 334.31298729892 54.0292723975353 58.8670662473759 96061.7886939917 T 27 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 03:17:35 2021-Feb-24 03:17
2142-Mar-13 14:46 00:05 Iris 0.0481887813399265 0.0481675647772963 0.0482100027278976 4.56509504336078 4.5650950172285 2503481.115078473 5.00356555877056 1303.15058389843 54.3688792803107 -35.7756187399591 77611.5249192522 T 27 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 03:17:35 2021-Feb-24 03:17

Alternate Designations
 1979 MW6 = 1998 TK10 
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