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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1685114745358962 | 3.583e-08 | |
| a | 2.233300191558241 | 5.679e-09 | au |
| q | 1.856963483197462 | 7.8737e-08 | au |
| i | 5.705568623413428 | 3.4834e-06 | deg |
| node | 119.8116945018842 | 3.6179e-05 | deg |
| peri | 237.783521923498 | 3.7864e-05 | deg |
| M | 103.5588812805365 | 1.1545e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2458649.825706183245
(2019-Jun-15.32570618) | 3.8815e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1219.04315895462
3.34 | 4.6498e-06
1.273e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2953135804549487 | 1.1264e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.60963689991902 | 6.6359e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.7 |
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n/a |
MPO395021 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
6.641 |
km |
0.105 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
2.73325 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List:
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2009) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm]
[Pollock, J.; Pravec, P.; Kusnirak, P.; Hornoch, K.; et al. (2011) CBET 2705.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.365 |
|
0.083 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M) |
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| 2815 Soma (1982 RL) Discovered 1982-Sep-15 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM) |
| Discovered at the Anderson Mesa station, which is operated by the Lowell Observatory. |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1982 RL = 1955 MH = 1970 AC = 1974 DL = 1979 XB1 |
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