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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 40 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2047952365695953 3.6212e-08  
a 2.438530827368282 5.7699e-09 au
q 1.939131329695144 8.8777e-08 au
i 4.711715419614309 3.8952e-06 deg
node 351.5514970034457 3.3699e-05 deg
peri 10.97803873248944 3.4477e-05 deg
M 27.10567278293861 6.1766e-06 deg
tp 2459095.775452456960
(2020-Sep-03.27545246)		 2.3897e-05 TDB
period 1390.883650717744
3.81		 4.9365e-06
1.352e-08		 d
yr
n .2588282634670611 9.1864e-10 deg/d
Q 2.93793032504142 6.9516e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2674  
   data-arc span      24809 days (67.92 yr)  
   first obs. used      1953-02-15  
   last obs. used      2021-01-18  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .41882  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 01:07:27  

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 13.53   n/a E2020-QM5  
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

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Alternate Designations
 1978 QB3 = 1955 RG = 1959 TG 
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