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277888 (2006 KL18)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2277888
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 12 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1773470324499945 7.3957e-08  
a 2.882006884634575 3.9167e-08 au
q 2.37089151614418 1.991e-07 au
i 9.316780139046239 6.4417e-06 deg
node 119.8721610604513 4.4355e-05 deg
peri 142.429656601814 4.7698e-05 deg
M 206.9213249769112 1.7556e-05 deg
tp 2459360.394220679434
(2021-May-25.89422068)		 9.2427e-05 TDB
period 1787.067463206975
4.89		 3.643e-05
9.974e-08		 d
yr
n .2014473473508176 4.1066e-09 deg/d
Q 3.393122253124971 4.6113e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      201  
   data-arc span      6440 days (17.63 yr)  
   first obs. used      2001-04-17  
   last obs. used      2018-12-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51473  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Jul-14 07:19:36  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.36256 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.7461 au 
 T_jup = 3.251 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.1   n/a MPO423067  
diameter diameter 3.303 km 0.733 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.059   0.017 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

277888 (2006 KL18)          Discovered 2006-May-21 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak
Reference: 20110517/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2011-05-20

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