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26159 (1994 WN3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2026159
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2348311027835064 6.2081e-08  
a 2.523438799705788 7.4214e-09 au
q 1.93085688356419 1.5823e-07 au
i 6.786178839603397 2.8504e-06 deg
node 133.0157742702502 4.2973e-05 deg
peri 259.2136731823701 4.3419e-05 deg
M 150.4968772601278 6.5861e-06 deg
tp 2458388.413812407146
(2018-Sep-26.91381241)		 2.6279e-05 TDB
period 1464.156808732713
4.01		 6.4591e-06
1.768e-08		 d
yr
n .245875303692092 1.0847e-09 deg/d
Q 3.116020715847386 9.1642e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1834  
   data-arc span      12113 days (33.16 yr)  
   first obs. used      1986-12-05  
   last obs. used      2020-02-03  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .48849  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-23 00:39:34  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .950259 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.35888 au 
 T_jup = 3.406 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.1   n/a MPO337480  
diameter diameter 3.750 km 0.054 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.379   0.064 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

26159 (1994 WN3)          Discovered 1994-Nov-28 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H. at Kushiro
Reference: 20010705/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1994 WN3 = 1986 XU4 = 1998 QU98 
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