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3038 Bernes (1978 QB3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003038
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 43 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2047952263231143 1.8787e-08  
a 2.438530825896331 5.6217e-09 au
q 1.939131353511001 4.5824e-08 au
i 4.711717807128928 1.015e-06 deg
node 351.5515473686468 1.2113e-05 deg
peri 10.97798852879646 1.2627e-05 deg
M 27.10567266720232 2.9737e-06 deg
tp 2459095.775452998936
(2020-Sep-03.27545300)		 1.142e-05 TDB
period 1390.883649458392
3.81		 4.8098e-06
1.317e-08		 d
yr
n .2588282637014127 8.9505e-10 deg/d
Q 2.937930298281661 6.773e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2763  
   data-arc span      24870 days (68.09 yr)  
   first obs. used      1953-02-15  
   last obs. used      2021-03-20  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42319  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-May-03 20:41:55  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .935066 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.52078 au 
 T_jup = 3.469 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.55   n/a MPCxxxxx  
diameter diameter 3.578 km 0.200 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.660   0.181 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

3038 Bernes (1978 QB3)          Discovered 1978-Aug-31 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1978 QB3 = 1955 RG = 1959 TG 
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