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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 34 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1365326367273308 | 3.3142e-08 | |
| a | 2.615952836365498 | 1.0008e-08 | au |
| q | 2.258789898062177 | 8.6487e-08 | au |
| i | 14.84353852299384 | 3.6854e-06 | deg |
| node | 169.6300205164003 | 1.1379e-05 | deg |
| peri | 330.0255019943992 | 1.6002e-05 | deg |
| M | 182.3490851428664 | 1.2853e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459763.120084993227
(2022-Jul-02.62008499) | 5.7377e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1545.408481675136
4.23 | 8.869e-06
2.428e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2329481197164002 | 1.3369e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.973115774668819 | 1.1375e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.1 |
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n/a |
MPO492785 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
16.59 |
km |
1.2 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 3 |
| rotation period |
rot_per |
11.14 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List:
[Schmidt, R.E. (2015) Minor Planet Bull. 42, 1-3.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.0704 |
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0.011 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 3 |
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| 2995 Taratuta (1978 QK) Discovered 1978-Aug-31 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1978 QK = 1951 JS = 1955 FD2 = 1955 FU = 1959 EE |
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