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4392 Agita (1978 RX5)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2004392
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 23 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .123999855972967 5.0777e-08  
a 2.307633939823363 8.8269e-09 au
q 2.021487663646936 1.1855e-07 au
i 5.886711248085398 5.4839e-06 deg
node 31.79981776634839 3.8341e-05 deg
peri 293.849074248579 4.4469e-05 deg
M 358.2749956951163 2.5618e-05 deg
tp 2459006.635309642484
(2020-Jun-06.13530964)		 9.1128e-05 TDB
period 1280.409251757263
3.51		 7.3465e-06
2.011e-08		 d
yr
n .2811601052600391 1.6132e-09 deg/d
Q 2.593780215999791 9.9214e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1833  
   data-arc span      18068 days (49.47 yr)  
   first obs. used      1970-04-10  
   last obs. used      2019-09-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47759  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-07 02:35:38  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.01872 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.71047 au 
 T_jup = 3.569 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.8   n/a MPO492803  

4392 Agita (1978 RX5)          Discovered 1978-Sep-13 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1978 RX5 = 1970 GZ = 1985 SY6 
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