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3023 Heard (1981 JS)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003023
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 35 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .08443117791506355 3.0465e-08  
a 2.216017059198045 5.9049e-09 au
q 2.028916128610079 6.9285e-08 au
i 3.994137276425213 3.0459e-06 deg
node 230.6490071872129 4.3368e-05 deg
peri 344.6672402068372 4.7021e-05 deg
M 316.4550451690337 1.8124e-05 deg
tp 2459146.244917754440
(2020-Oct-23.74491775)		 6.0778e-05 TDB
period 1204.919619167606
3.30		 4.816e-06
1.319e-08		 d
yr
n .2987751168403238 1.1942e-09 deg/d
Q 2.40311798978601 6.4035e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2741  
   data-arc span      14777 days (40.46 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-11-14  
   last obs. used      2020-04-29  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43082  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-May-20 01:48:26  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.02196 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.56642 au 
 T_jup = 3.645 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.5   n/a MPO358657  
diameter diameter 4.991 km 0.044 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 2.713 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.257   0.029 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

3023 Heard (1981 JS)          Discovered 1981-May-05 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM)
Discovered at the Anderson Mesa station, which is operated by the Lowell Observatory.
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1981 JS = 1951 ET = 1964 DF = 1979 VO3 = 1979 YB2 
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