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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | .1095325426401006 | 3.7597e-08 | |
a | 2.791269160811849 | 1.1908e-08 | au |
q | 2.485534352435228 | 1.0819e-07 | au |
i | 2.723355520377862 | 4.0492e-06 | deg |
node | 285.5435863245453 | 8.4421e-05 | deg |
peri | 86.59283771518982 | 8.6432e-05 | deg |
M | 278.0785150079149 | 1.872e-05 | deg |
tp | 2458988.111200703760 (2020-May-18.61120070) | 8.9142e-05 | TDB |
period | 1703.338657335562 4.66 | 1.09e-05 2.984e-08 | d yr |
n | .2113496329397748 | 1.3524e-09 | deg/d |
Q | 3.097003969188471 | 1.3212e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
absolute magnitude |
H |
12.6 |
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n/a |
MPO350834 |
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diameter |
diameter |
7.657 |
km |
0.090 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.292 |
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0.033 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M) |
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SMASSII spectral type |
spec_B |
Sq |
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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) |
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4051 Hatanaka (1978 VP) Discovered 1978-Nov-01 by Tomita, K. at Caussols |
Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003-08-29 |
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Alternate Designations
1978 VP = 1973 TU = 1978 RS16 = 1980 BY2 = 1982 PE = 1989 AY2 |
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