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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1182536762941414 | 2.608e-08 | |
| a | 2.530086765203571 | 7.8934e-09 | au |
| q | 2.230894703875096 | 6.4465e-08 | au |
| i | 3.445645403746109 | 3.5655e-06 | deg |
| node | 189.5259631870538 | 5.1633e-05 | deg |
| peri | 259.7628088276276 | 5.4684e-05 | deg |
| M | 157.6804089069708 | 1.8628e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2458356.661732752233
(2018-Aug-26.16173275) | 7.4821e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1469.94656987441
4.02 | 6.8789e-06
1.883e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .244906860819273 | 1.1461e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.829278826532045 | 8.8268e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
13.9 |
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n/a |
MPO337281 |
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| 3659 Bellingshausen (1969 TE2) Discovered 1969-Oct-08 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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