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3306 Byron (1979 SM11)
Classification:
Main-belt Asteroid
SPK-ID:
2003306
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference:
JPL 43
(heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element
Value
Uncertainty (1-sigma)
Units
e
.1447213079713036
2.7528e-08
a
2.247877640021248
5.5065e-09
au
q
1.922561847797926
6.1474e-08
au
i
4.526503516602392
3.3046e-06
deg
node
213.3246166412585
4.2329e-05
deg
peri
64.44919758865207
4.4234e-05
deg
M
356.7696387178335
1.2473e-05
deg
t
p
2458611.546025042269
(2019-May-08.04602504)
4.2651e-05
TDB
period
1230.998228331238
3.37
4.5232e-06
1.238e-08
d
yr
n
.2924455874221867
1.0746e-09
deg/d
Q
2.573193432244571
6.3034e-09
au
Orbit Determination Parameters
# obs. used (total)
2576
data-arc span
20900 days (57.22 yr)
first obs. used
1962-09-07
last obs. used
2019-11-27
planetary ephem.
DE431
SB-pert. ephem.
SB431-N16
condition code
0
norm. resid. RMS
.44847
source
ORB
producer
Otto Matic
solution date
2019-Dec-03 20:47:07
Additional Information
Earth MOID
= .911019 au
Jupiter MOID
= 2.53669 au
T_jup
= 3.611
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter
Symbol
Value
Units
Sigma
Reference
Notes
absolute magnitude
H
12.7
n/a
MPO279549
diameter
diameter
7.610
km
1.859
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N)
rotation period
rot_per
7.321
h
n/a
LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009
Published Reference List:
[Moravec, P.; Letfullina, A.; Ditteon, R. (2013) Minor Planet Bull. 40, 17-20.]
geometric albedo
albedo
0.282
0.133
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N)
SMASSII spectral type
spec_B
S
n/a
EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0
based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)
3306 Byron (1979 SM11)
Discovered 1979-Sep-24 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj
Reference:
DISCOVERY.DB
Last Updated:
2003-08-29
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Alternate Designations
1979 SM11
= 1951 GS = 1952 UJ1 = 1962 RL = 1969 US2 = 1971 FK = 1978 JJ = 1979 TJ2 = 1979 WS = 1982 OE
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