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58040 (2002 VU122)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2058040
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 21 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1441706164776616 7.2686e-08  
a 2.597896953282715 1.6725e-08 au
q 2.223356547982507 1.9524e-07 au
i 7.111033128925938 6.0699e-06 deg
node 335.9853434559361 2.7145e-05 deg
peri 164.249213554359 3.2253e-05 deg
M 265.8230474382999 1.3972e-05 deg
tp 2459000.604503879674
(2020-May-31.10450388)		 6.0009e-05 TDB
period 1529.435997648326
4.19		 1.4769e-05
4.044e-08		 d
yr
n .235380885864815 2.273e-09 deg/d
Q 2.972437358582922 1.9136e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      955  
   data-arc span      10551 days (28.89 yr)  
   first obs. used      1991-01-17  
   last obs. used      2019-12-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55625  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-14 05:57:54  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.23757 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.04867 au 
 T_jup = 3.391 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.1   n/a MPO452958  
diameter diameter 3.154 km 1.154 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.102   0.081 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

58040 (2002 VU122)          Discovered 2002-Nov-13 by NEAT at Palomar
Reference: 20030318/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 2002 VU122 = 1991 BW2 
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