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Orbit Viewer applet originally written and kindly provided by
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 32 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1583894637922653 | 4.0977e-08 | |
| a | 2.588707894092689 | 1.2234e-08 | au |
| q | 2.178683838832544 | 1.0872e-07 | au |
| i | 15.8885664302353 | 3.6925e-06 | deg |
| node | 116.4988383656079 | 1.5679e-05 | deg |
| peri | 263.2772994376579 | 1.9227e-05 | deg |
| M | 317.8839300527436 | 1.233e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459178.478825502529
(2020-Nov-24.97882550) | 5.2365e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1521.328491978257
4.17 | 1.0784e-05
2.952e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2366352841600137 | 1.6775e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.998731949352835 | 1.4172e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
12.3 |
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n/a |
MPO344345 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
8.597 |
km |
0.183 |
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 |
5.187 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 |
Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Alvarez-Candal, A.; Duffard, R.; Angeli, C.A.; Lazzaro, D.; Fernandez, S. (2004) Icarus 172, 388-401.]
[Han, X.L.; Li, B.; Zhao, H.; Liu. W.; et al. (2013) Minor Planet Bull. 40, 99-100.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.345 |
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0.055 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 5542 Moffatt | Discovered 1978 Aug. 6 at the Perth Observatory, Bickley. |
| Ethelwin Frances Flamsteed Moffatt (née Winzar, b. 1926) is a direct descendant of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, she now resides in Adelaide, where she and her husband, Mervyn Moffatt, are kind benefactors of the Perth Observatory. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20010902/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-05-11 |
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