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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 35 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1707682102528225 3.444e-08  
a 2.234005768364192 6.1668e-09 au
q 1.852508601606157 7.6427e-08 au
i 6.27690475016527 3.8699e-06 deg
node 53.28118473606931 3.3057e-05 deg
peri 335.1619538126079 3.4772e-05 deg
M 323.0361041783891 1.1424e-05 deg
tp 2458725.727611980069
(2019-Aug-30.22761198)		 3.8852e-05 TDB
period 1219.620911453488
3.34		 5.05e-06
1.383e-08		 d
yr
n .2951736860357442 1.2222e-09 deg/d
Q 2.615502935122227 7.2199e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2399  
   data-arc span      31282 days (85.65 yr)  
   first obs. used      1934-04-06  
   last obs. used      2019-11-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .447  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-03 20:39:54  

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 12.3   n/a MPO395020  
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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