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27670 (1979 MY6)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2027670
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 18 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1690628875643507 3.7107e-08  
a 2.362107516879473 8.2262e-09 au
q 1.962762799338371 8.9588e-08 au
i 2.77877962281583 4.1281e-06 deg
node 169.1458473056178 7.438e-05 deg
peri 141.1288648162202 7.5534e-05 deg
M 82.86330722066917 1.0911e-05 deg
tp 2458695.283729466147
(2019-Jul-30.78372947)		 4.0498e-05 TDB
period 1326.013419903416
3.63		 6.9269e-06
1.896e-08		 d
yr
n .2714904650257775 1.4182e-09 deg/d
Q 2.761452234420574 9.6169e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      775  
   data-arc span      14765 days (40.42 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-06-24  
   last obs. used      2019-11-26  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50196  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-23 01:08:21  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .949326 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.49684 au 
 T_jup = 3.529 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.3   n/a MPO337492  
diameter diameter 3.362 km 0.899 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.057   0.029 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

27670 (1979 MY6)          Discovered 1979-Jun-25 by Helin, E. F., Bus, S. J. at Siding Spring
Reference: 20010902/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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