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27627 (2038 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2027627
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 22 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .05846350175253296 3.4401e-08  
a 2.278319076730599 7.6848e-09 au
q 2.14512056539533 7.7744e-08 au
i 5.958255342527663 4.368e-06 deg
node 226.0711801409322 3.6328e-05 deg
peri 267.5704297342991 5.2801e-05 deg
M 253.6344149104946 3.9159e-05 deg
tp 2458971.623862397344
(2020-May-02.12386240)		 0.00013718 TDB
period 1256.088521025076
3.44		 6.3552e-06
1.74e-08		 d
yr
n .2866040043946975 1.4501e-09 deg/d
Q 2.411517588065868 8.1341e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1355  
   data-arc span      21620 days (59.19 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2019-12-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55745  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-14 01:40:00  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.16935 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.61574 au 
 T_jup = 3.598 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.0   n/a MPO416984  
diameter diameter 3.006 km 0.176 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.214   0.089 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

27627 (2038 P-L)          Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar
Reference: 20010804/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 2038 P-L = 1998 TC16 
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