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506 Marion (A903 DB)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000506
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 80 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1475657822361136 4.4411e-08  
a 3.04030153340728 1.2652e-08 au
q 2.591657059396379 1.3595e-07 au
i 17.00405115521179 4.8038e-06 deg
node 312.9323233396066 1.4215e-05 deg
peri 145.9838035027238 2.1083e-05 deg
M 4.239500018248616 1.475e-05 deg
tp 2458577.697337707993
(2019-Apr-04.19733771)		 7.9302e-05 TDB
period 1936.30342959966
5.30		 1.2087e-05
3.309e-08		 d
yr
n .1859212737512073 1.1606e-09 deg/d
Q 3.488946007418181 1.452e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2213  
   data-arc span      41354 days (113.22 yr)  
   first obs. used      1906-09-17  
   last obs. used      2019-12-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42974  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-13 20:44:24  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.62485 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.67516 au 
 T_jup = 3.157 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 8.85   n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 17
diameter diameter 105.94 km 2.6 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 17
rotation period rot_per 13.546 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2001) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Behrend, R. (2009) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Warner, B.D. (2009) Minor Planet Bull. 36, 109-116.]
[Warner, B.D. (2010) Minor Planet Bull. 37, 127-130.]
[Saylor, D.A.; Leake, M. (2012) J. Southeastern Assoc. for Research in Astron. 5, 25-28.]
[Wang, X.; Muinonen, K.; Wang, Y. (2015) Planet. Space Sci. 118, 242-249.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.0454   0.002 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 17
B-V BV 0.718   0.020 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=3; phase (min.=14.62, mean=15.90, max.=18.33) deg.
U-B UB 0.332   0.028 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=3; phase (min.=14.62, mean=15.90, max.=18.33) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T XC   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices

506 Marion (A903 DB)          Discovered 1903-Feb-17 by Dugan, R. S. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 A903 DB = 1948 PF1 
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