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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 20 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .2132213447828479 | 3.1496e-08 | |
| a | 2.235186692201069 | 6.5693e-09 | au |
| q | 1.758597179849232 | 6.911e-08 | au |
| i | 2.18532502139637 | 3.7716e-06 | deg |
| node | 249.170107245816 | 9.7215e-05 | deg |
| peri | 68.49984075458829 | 9.777e-05 | deg |
| M | 219.9508928898959 | 1.2287e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459475.339648726634
(2021-Sep-17.83964873) | 4.2799e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1220.588099909816
3.34 | 5.3811e-06
1.473e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2949397917500578 | 1.3003e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.711776204552907 | 7.9701e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
15.8 |
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n/a |
MPO452890 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
4.483 |
km |
0.268 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
3.265 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 |
Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong.
Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2018) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.038 |
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0.009 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 52963 Vercingetorix | Discovered 1998 Oct. 15 by ODAS at Caussols. |
| Vercingetorix (b. 82--72 BCE, d. 46 BCE) was a King of the Arverni and military leader of the Celtic people against the Roman invasion. He beat Julius Caesar's forces at the Battle of Gergovia (52 BCE), but surrendered during the battle of Alesia, presumably because of superstitions related to the lunar eclipse of 26 Sep. 52 BCE. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: MPC batch dated 2018-09-25 | Last Updated: 2018-10-01 |
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