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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1816494072309881 | 4.4916e-08 | |
| a | 2.61229876564778 | 1.4313e-08 | au |
| q | 2.137776243357619 | 1.1984e-07 | au |
| i | 15.86968917465005 | 5.5549e-06 | deg |
| node | 326.8044618206383 | 1.5164e-05 | deg |
| peri | 35.83010193772239 | 2.0542e-05 | deg |
| M | 280.0619522956026 | 1.602e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2459342.939403100539
(2021-May-08.43940310) | 6.9921e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1542.171577320277
4.22 | 1.2675e-05
3.47e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2334370606320904 | 1.9186e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 3.086821287937941 | 1.6913e-08 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
13.5 |
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n/a |
MPO473857 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
6.477 |
km |
0.125 |
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 |
3.92805 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); 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:
[Pal, A.; Szakats, R.; Kiss, C.; Bodi, A.; et al. (2019) Ap. J. Supl. Ser. 247, id.26.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.201 |
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0.023 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 6579 Benedix | Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey. |
| Gretchen K. Benedix (b. 1968) is curator of meteorites at the Natural History Museum in London. Her work on primitive achondrites has provided new insights into the processes of melting and impacts on minor planets. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20060809/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2007-08-08 |
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