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78083 (2002 LX21)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2078083
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 22 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1199852087602808 4.1332e-08  
a 3.075116938524415 2.2034e-08 au
q 2.706148390693288 1.2182e-07 au
i 2.095230117836707 4.3186e-06 deg
node 55.8686150336372 0.00012506 deg
peri 222.1253563257702 0.00012693 deg
M 134.8832207622088 2.4051e-05 deg
tp 2458462.517086223535
(2018-Dec-10.01708622)		 0.00012894 TDB
period 1969.658252955679
5.39		 2.117e-05
5.796e-08		 d
yr
n .1827728233868907 1.9644e-09 deg/d
Q 3.444085486355543 2.4678e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      728  
   data-arc span      22029 days (60.31 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2021-01-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51426  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 07:13:30  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.68833 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.67183 au 
 T_jup = 3.217 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.0   n/a MPO359291  
diameter diameter 5.513 km 0.379 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.048   0.015 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

78083 (2002 LX21)          Discovered 2002-Jun-08 by LINEAR at Socorro
Reference: 20040415/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB)
Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty
(days_HH:MM)		 Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified
1919-Feb-22 18:28 00:03 Jupiter 1.78981917158543 1.78981775872936 1.78982058444079 2.15419540138997 1.92199592590793 2422012.269413390 3.38559201352722 76.8521198677832 10.6791597982097 -76.7232782548399 1433267.79404969 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
1928-Oct-29 08:30 00:03 Jupiter 1.76177853211284 1.76177754767998 1.76177951654861 2.57531098978993 2.38131744769167 2425548.853856032 3.07105605344251 145.952748671135 7.45576977984914 -84.678907369355 2476725.64780189 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
1978-Aug-24 08:25 00:01 Jupiter 1.81806340282737 1.81806261342669 1.81806419222764 2.22379534244276 2.0033672334204 2443744.850629627 1.30755642858574 53.4945706483535 8.60078836204466 -81.8600082746261 1798692.88531804 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
1988-Apr-30 09:08 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.7442123159947 1.74421185389402 1.74421277809548 2.46490106213031 2.25931392003755 2447281.880698403 0.984810150183818 62.5118049920323 5.86852810441299 -86.8665165171027 2627554.31392079 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
2038-Feb-20 12:16 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.84654712022088 1.8465467197139 1.84654752072775 2.29814045789358 2.08902782869983 2465475.011365841 0.81385154743247 51.4025575206013 4.06858262757147 -85.3034052468991 2905488.79260741 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
2047-Oct-29 09:05 00:01 Jupiter 1.7304316570585 1.73043114048855 1.73043217362845 2.36877045345673 2.15223161997318 2469012.878388029 1.15798618859312 61.9224236838898 4.34624382640145 -86.8566962356493 2365152.29089655 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
2097-Aug-17 06:38 00:03 Jupiter 1.87492309847135 1.87492210364584 1.87492409329719 2.37576564595172 2.17732282023903 2487202.776709497 2.85896731806117 84.1681747833025 11.8145864699449 -75.5194621191871 2102631.18498831 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
2107-Apr-27 07:55 00:03 Jupiter 1.72005049449599 1.72004969388416 1.7200512951085 2.28563211989962 2.05893982399329 2490741.829712267 3.26596025342001 101.600062547256 7.56450196979601 87.4059561519848 2002707.47734961 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
2157-Feb-09 20:31 00:05 Jupiter 1.90304912991981 1.90304731083281 1.90305094900811 2.45576848061252 2.26729458566382 2508928.354614734 4.8827600793045 137.740994203326 15.0545926754176 -70.6145907042357 1893206.0483304 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13
2166-Oct-21 10:05 00:05 Jupiter 1.71272823632922 1.7127272510031 1.7127292216565 2.2142448485183 1.97832977430694 2512468.920158960 5.36812768120781 125.324298847281 13.2203157657841 81.0337242276027 1768019.15519175 T 22 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:13:32 2021-Feb-24 07:13

Alternate Designations
 2002 LX21 = 2003 QW29 = 2639 P-L 
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