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78292 (2002 PQ52)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2078292
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .09967707406551288 3.6634e-08  
a 3.184273889800013 2.058e-08 au
q 2.866874785441539 1.1937e-07 au
i 7.373353821992976 3.6917e-06 deg
node 112.1390784579251 3.3451e-05 deg
peri 261.3749293462906 3.9858e-05 deg
M 36.55687530083171 1.9893e-05 deg
tp 2458989.743675010348
(2020-May-20.24367501)		 0.00011504 TDB
period 2075.45848412675
5.68		 2.012e-05
5.509e-08		 d
yr
n .1734556498013836 1.6815e-09 deg/d
Q 3.501672994158488 2.2631e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1084  
   data-arc span      8481 days (23.22 yr)  
   first obs. used      1997-10-30  
   last obs. used      2021-01-18  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51615  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 07:14:29  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.87787 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.00599 au 
 T_jup = 3.178 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.27   n/a E2020-QM9  
diameter diameter 7.737 km 0.395 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.062   0.011 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

78292 (2002 PQ52)          Discovered 2002-Aug-08 by NEAT at Palomar
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
1909-Jun-23 01:00 00:03 Jupiter 1.99020639699162 1.99020601750173 1.99020677648163 2.90881914501347 2.75862976693927 2418480.541797225 2.82767801332693 151.331810484304 12.7011477027819 -85.1870141973839 3786081.21412118 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:14:31 2021-Feb-24 07:14
2148-Mar-22 23:43 00:04 Jupiter 1.99827621467218 1.99827581926285 1.9982766100815 2.68350790410628 2.52060736397762 2505682.488417134 3.76444437846743 188.587114230649 13.3043423926848 87.8219416476711 3569130.02119248 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:14:31 2021-Feb-24 07:14
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