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2903 Zhuhai (1981 UV9)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002903
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .05885357923405768 3.1832e-08  
a 2.56203844132852 1.1048e-08 au
q 2.41125330892109 8.3458e-08 au
i 14.3495981216007 5.1664e-06 deg
node 232.5682808730755 1.449e-05 deg
peri 243.7587773595781 5.3559e-05 deg
M 332.6808183230444 4.9111e-05 deg
tp 2458714.169009320492
(2019-Aug-18.66900932)		 0.00020418 TDB
period 1497.879542632674
4.10		 9.6884e-06
2.653e-08		 d
yr
n .2403397534672672 1.5545e-09 deg/d
Q 2.712823573735949 1.1698e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2299  
   data-arc span      23540 days (64.45 yr)  
   first obs. used      1955-06-16  
   last obs. used      2019-11-27  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .46187  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-03 20:41:30  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.46032 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.4522 au 
 T_jup = 3.388 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.7   n/a MPO313442  
diameter diameter 13.581 km 0.896 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 5.263 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Bin, L.; Haibin, Z.; Jingshen, Y. (2011) Minor Planet Bull. 38, 179-180.]
[Moravec, P.; Cochren, J.; Gerhardt, M.; Harris, A.; et al. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 213-216.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.276   0.141 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

2903 Zhuhai (1981 UV9)          Discovered 1981-Oct-23 by Purple Mountain Observatory at Nanking
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1981 UV9 = 1955 MC = 1973 UK4 = 1975 GC = 1977 TN7 = 1977 VL2 
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