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3282 Spencer Jones (1949 DA)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003282
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 45 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .04193974342620849 2.2294e-08  
a 2.189252784304412 5.3614e-09 au
q 2.097436084235572 4.9721e-08 au
i 3.167844292971859 9.725e-07 deg
node 162.3200097845185 1.7907e-05 deg
peri 19.02185887563347 3.2619e-05 deg
M 29.33488868630772 2.864e-05 deg
tp 2459104.089521848052
(2020-Sep-11.58952185)		 9.3994e-05 TDB
period 1183.156769601148
3.24		 4.3463e-06
1.19e-08		 d
yr
n .3042707519827309 1.1177e-09 deg/d
Q 2.281069484373252 5.5863e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2796  
   data-arc span      32105 days (87.90 yr)  
   first obs. used      1933-03-25  
   last obs. used      2021-02-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45887  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-12 14:56:04  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.09926 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.67397 au 
 T_jup = 3.671 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.43   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 5.228 km 0.110 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.309   0.069 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  

3282 Spencer Jones (1949 DA)          Discovered 1949-Feb-19 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn
Discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program, Goethe Link Observatory, University of Indiana. This program was conceived and directed by F. K. Edmondson; the plates were blinked and measured astrometrically by B. Potter and, following her retirement, by D. Owings; and the photometry was performed under the direction of T. Gehrels. During the years 1947-1967, in which the plates were exposed, a large number of people participated in various aspects of the program.
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1949 DA = 1933 FL1 = 1933 HN = 1973 SL6 = 1975 EU2 = 1988 DE1 = 9528 P-L 
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