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2768 Gorky (1972 RX3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002768
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 36 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .170768209740847 3.4369e-08  
a 2.234005768719786 5.9816e-09 au
q 1.852508603044783 7.6175e-08 au
i 6.276904804563824 3.8618e-06 deg
node 53.28118332805072 3.2234e-05 deg
peri 335.161955703733 3.3932e-05 deg
M 323.0361034243125 1.0987e-05 deg
tp 2458725.727614564656
(2019-Aug-30.22761456)		 3.7342e-05 TDB
period 1219.620911744684
3.34		 4.8984e-06
1.341e-08		 d
yr
n .2951736859652687 1.1855e-09 deg/d
Q 2.615502934394788 7.0031e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2442  
   data-arc span      31291 days (85.67 yr)  
   first obs. used      1934-04-06  
   last obs. used      2019-12-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .44342  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-13 21:20:21  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .859345 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.82248 au 
 T_jup = 3.613 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.2   n/a MPO502179  
diameter diameter 8.887 km 0.421 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 4.507 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Pray, D.P.; Galad, A.; Husark, M.; Oey, J. (2008) Minor Planet Bull. 35, 34-37.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.323   0.067 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

2768 Gorky (1972 RX3)          Discovered 1972-Sep-06 by Zhuravleva, L. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1972 RX3 = 1934 GM = 1951 JO = 1974 FZ1 = 1979 YV2 
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