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26327 (1998 VQ38)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2026327
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .07491177320014721 4.3623e-08  
a 2.586700080445774 1.2884e-08 au
q 2.392925790682617 1.1079e-07 au
i 8.477610597783499 4.3298e-06 deg
node 241.2364958878598 3.2864e-05 deg
peri 270.1754236911407 4.506e-05 deg
M 235.6233905447133 3.2517e-05 deg
tp 2459125.493292354327
(2020-Oct-02.99329235)		 0.00013857 TDB
period 1519.558911239676
4.16		 1.1353e-05
3.108e-08		 d
yr
n .2369108544178174 1.7701e-09 deg/d
Q 2.78047437020893 1.3849e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1405  
   data-arc span      8189 days (22.42 yr)  
   first obs. used      1997-05-30  
   last obs. used      2019-10-31  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .54305  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-07 04:52:21  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.42208 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.27818 au 
 T_jup = 3.402 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.9   n/a MPO351007  
diameter diameter 3.939 km 0.267 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.377   0.050 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

26327 (1998 VQ38)          Discovered 1998-Nov-10 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20010705/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1998 VQ38 = 1997 LO2 
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