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68948 Mikeoates (2002 PX157)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2068948
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 18 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .03621087193711667 4.0013e-08  
a 2.793551507703528 1.8718e-08 au
q 2.692394571808336 1.1235e-07 au
i 1.209002740544705 5.5292e-06 deg
node 40.51808289015602 0.00021534 deg
peri 245.0745023293624 0.00022966 deg
M 323.0366589399106 8.143e-05 deg
tp 2459175.606460936666
(2020-Nov-22.10646094)		 0.00038603 TDB
period 1705.428246724817
4.67		 1.7141e-05
4.693e-08		 d
yr
n .2110906751376733 2.1216e-09 deg/d
Q 2.894708443598719 1.9396e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      610  
   data-arc span      9308 days (25.48 yr)  
   first obs. used      1993-09-14  
   last obs. used      2019-03-10  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55918  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Jul-13 11:49:48  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.67626 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.14831 au 
 T_jup = 3.327 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.8   n/a MPO436264  
diameter diameter 3.807 km 0.230 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.070   0.007 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

68948 Mikeoates           Discovered 2002 Aug. 8 by S. F. Hönig on NEAT images taken at Palomar.
Through 2003 Michael Oates (b. 1957) has been the most successful SOHO comet hunter. Using his personal computer and fast Internet connections to scan through the SOHO LASCO image archive, he is credited with 138 near-sun comet discoveries.
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Reference: 20040107/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2004-01-07

Alternate Designations
 2002 PX157 = 2000 AV213 
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