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46270 (2001 HW62)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2046270
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 19 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1304857901021224 5.3961e-08  
a 3.227226453648643 2.7635e-08 au
q 2.80611926000583 1.749e-07 au
i 1.908154301973478 4.8714e-06 deg
node 68.72111467172462 0.00017616 deg
peri 291.3127686330137 0.00017709 deg
M 280.0004374759122 1.9111e-05 deg
tp 2459071.073752272739
(2020-Aug-09.57375227)		 0.00011445 TDB
period 2117.593465178988
5.80		 2.7199e-05
7.447e-08		 d
yr
n .1700043024875746 2.1836e-09 deg/d
Q 3.648333647291457 3.1241e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      889  
   data-arc span      8893 days (24.35 yr)  
   first obs. used      1994-02-07  
   last obs. used      2018-06-14  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55736  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2018-Oct-03 23:50:37  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.8027 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.7975 au 
 T_jup = 3.173 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.1   n/a MPO474335  
diameter diameter 7.323 km 0.183 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.069   0.011 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

46270 (2001 HW62)          Discovered 2001-Apr-26 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa
Reference: 20020822/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 2001 HW62 = 1994 CU9 = 2000 EQ172 
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