| 3838 Epona (1986 WA) |
| Classification: Apollo [NEO] SPK-ID: 2003838 |
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 110 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .7025010076665172 | 8.6243e-08 | |
| a | 1.504950414606878 | 5.4681e-09 | au |
| q | .4477212318574034 | 1.3017e-07 | au |
| i | 29.20776336959013 | 1.052e-05 | deg |
| node | 235.5031876609567 | 1.0676e-05 | deg |
| peri | 49.69521697040621 | 1.1382e-05 | deg |
| M | 91.61070198852261 | 1.2698e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2458828.896783644033
(2019-Dec-11.39678364) | 2.3049e-05 | TDB |
| period | 674.3443347469153
1.85 | 3.6753e-06
1.006e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .5338518935361262 | 2.9096e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.562179597356353 | 9.3095e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
15.6 |
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n/a |
MPO319132 |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
2.3812 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List:
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (1999) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm]
[Skiff, B.A. (2011) Posting on CALL web site. http://www.minorplanet.info/call.html]
[Skiff, B.A.; McLelland, K.P.; Sanborn, J.; Pravec, P.; Koehn, B.W. (2019). Minor Planet Bull. 46-4, in press.] |
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| 3838 Epona (1986 WA) Discovered 1986-Nov-27 by Maury, A. at Palomar |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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