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438 Zeuxo (A898 VG)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000438
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 35 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .06857492389009481 4.1833e-08  
a 2.554178642720065 8.0697e-09 au
q 2.379026036693831 1.0838e-07 au
i 7.371863562872122 4.5331e-06 deg
node 49.14304143567866 3.0227e-05 deg
peri 211.3199977694945 4.2614e-05 deg
M 325.0272822274389 2.9888e-05 deg
tp 2458745.344568054462
(2019-Sep-18.84456805)		 0.00012371 TDB
period 1490.99205954527
4.08		 7.066e-06
1.935e-08		 d
yr
n .2414499780165124 1.1443e-09 deg/d
Q 2.729331248746298 8.6231e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2546  
   data-arc span      44110 days (120.77 yr)  
   first obs. used      1898-11-12  
   last obs. used      2019-08-20  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43286  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Sep-23 19:08:42  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.36722 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.29713 au 
 T_jup = 3.424 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 9.80   n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 25
diameter diameter 58.871 km 0.226 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 8.831 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Cooney, W.R.; Gross, J. (2003) Minor Planet Bull. 30, 3.]
[Behrend, R. (2006) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
geometric albedo albedo 0.061   0.008 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
B-V BV 0.611   0.031 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=12.61 deg.
U-B UB 0.200   0.042 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=12.61 deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T F:   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 2 color indices

438 Zeuxo (A898 VG)          Discovered 1898-Nov-08 by Charlois, A. at Nice
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 A898 VG = A902 UC = A912 BC 
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