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3671 Dionysus (1984 KD)
Classification: Apollo [NEO, PHA]          SPK-ID: 2003671
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 97 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .5416798820204831 2.6241e-08  
a 2.198591329800273 1.8983e-09 au
q 1.007658637662804 5.7501e-08 au
i 13.5340948148173 5.6658e-06 deg
node 82.08580897142748 1.6283e-05 deg
peri 204.2630077510122 1.6413e-05 deg
M 7.994515526347443 6.4105e-06 deg
tp 2458974.057358143310
(2020-May-04.55735814)		 2.1173e-05 TDB
period 1190.735203032088
3.26		 1.5421e-06
4.222e-09		 d
yr
n .3023342209781789 3.9155e-10 deg/d
Q 3.389524021937742 2.9265e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      555  
   data-arc span      12666 days (34.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      1984-05-27  
   last obs. used      2019-01-30  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51633  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Feb-01 08:37:39  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .0206816 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.83881 au 
 T_jup = 3.429 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.4   n/a MPO435733  
diameter diameter 1.5 km n/a Delbo et al. (2003). Icarus, v. 166, pp. 116-130  
rotation period rot_per 2.7053 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Mottola, S.; Hahn, G.; Pravec, P.; Sarounova, L. (1997) IAUC 6680; http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-1997/pr-08-97.html.]
[Pravec, P.; et al. (2006) Icarus 181, 63-93.]
[Skiff, B.A.; McLelland, K.P.; Sanborn, J.; Pravec, P.; Koehn, B.W. (2019). Minor Planet Bull. 46-4, in press.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.16   n/a Delbo et al. (2003). Icarus, v. 166, pp. 116-130  
SMASSII spectral type spec_B Cb   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)

3671 Dionysus (1984 KD)          Discovered 1984-May-27 by Shoemaker, C. and Shoemaker, E. at Palomar
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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