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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .1781133687482162 | 2.8849e-08 | |
| a | 2.286927248379038 | 6.5875e-09 | au |
| q | 1.879594932088159 | 6.6737e-08 | au |
| i | 6.185136672866965 | 3.4449e-06 | deg |
| node | 272.4152473609291 | 3.339e-05 | deg |
| peri | 151.1053783074762 | 3.5267e-05 | deg |
| M | 36.46111488290295 | 1.0554e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2458872.560575218202
(2020-Jan-24.06057522) | 3.7052e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1263.214058850529
3.46 | 5.4581e-06
1.494e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .284987328535264 | 1.2314e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.694259564669917 | 7.7609e-09 | au |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
14.2 |
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n/a |
MPO344355 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
3.142 |
km |
0.211 |
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 |
2.6156 |
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:
[Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2017) http://www.asu.cas.cz/~ppravec/neo.htm] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.449 |
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0.164 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 6707 Shigeru | Discovered 1988 Nov. 13 by M. Yanai and K. Watanabe at Kitami. |
| Named in honor of Shigeru Nakano (b. 1918), doctor of medicine specializing in obstetrics and gynecology and in medical jurisprudence. An amateur astronomer, he has published many observational guidebooks and star atlases, including the most detailed one in Japan. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by A. Fujii and T. Sato. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 19980411/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-11-17 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1988 VZ3 = 1981 TV1 = 1981 WV4 |
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