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78296 (2002 PT53)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2078296
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1273642304778938 4.3463e-08  
a 3.068942304719382 2.0435e-08 au
q 2.678068829697744 1.3189e-07 au
i 10.91219731673024 4.1809e-06 deg
node 131.3734254289752 2.3963e-05 deg
peri 257.4882895922564 2.8995e-05 deg
M 96.11479491283617 1.5807e-05 deg
tp 2458676.212799277969
(2019-Jul-11.71279928)		 8.6347e-05 TDB
period 1963.728814394258
5.38		 1.9613e-05
5.37e-08		 d
yr
n .1833247021488797 1.831e-09 deg/d
Q 3.45981577974102 2.3037e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      886  
   data-arc span      7617 days (20.85 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-03-12  
   last obs. used      2021-01-18  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .54759  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 07:14:30  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.70766 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.09155 au 
 T_jup = 3.191 
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2457630.5 (2016-Aug-30.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .124998758820754 4.3254e-08  
q 2.688051861133062 1.3058e-07 au
tp 2456709.596044703818
(2014-Feb-21.09604470)		 9.2304e-05 TDB
node 131.4719295286742 2.3951e-05 deg
peri 257.0628036389997 2.9224e-05 deg
i 10.91051597680547 4.1807e-06 deg
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      886  
   data-arc span      7617 days (20.85 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-03-12  
   last obs. used      2021-01-18  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .54759  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 07:14:30  

Additional Information
 Jupiter MOID = 2.09155 au 
 T_jup = 3.191 
Orbit Covariance (6×6)
  e q tp node peri i
e 1.870922199648706E-15 -5.595045329627443E-15 -1.853653223153248E-13 -6.553326316779062E-15 -6.545581943779286E-14 -9.094036458187314E-16
q -5.595045329627443E-15 1.70524079458152E-14 6.50268611632583E-14 1.803596619572713E-14 1.326331398568436E-13 3.438174440588676E-15
tp -1.853653223153248E-13 6.50268611632583E-14 8.520032151506292E-9 -3.815511337766162E-12 1.567241167668556E-9 -6.895705570385145E-12
node -6.553326316779062E-15 1.803596619572713E-14 -3.815511337766162E-12 5.736422071571177E-10 -5.641024803880815E-10 6.123538764507724E-12
peri -6.545581943779286E-14 1.326331398568436E-13 1.567241167668556E-9 -5.641024803880815E-10 8.540158426293932E-10 -7.116790162824784E-12
i -9.094036458187314E-16 3.438174440588676E-15 -6.895705570385145E-12 6.123538764507724E-12 -7.116790162824784E-12 1.747825379551752E-11

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.54   n/a E2020-QM9  
diameter diameter 4.656 km 0.906 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 5.3 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:
[Polishook, D.; Ofek, E.O.; Waszczak, A.; Kulkarni, S.R.; et al. (2012). Mon. Not. Royal Ast. Soc. 421, 2094-2108.]
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.170   0.037 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

78296 (2002 PT53)          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
2034-Jul-31 11:36 < 00:01 Hygie 0.028545372942999 0.0285394049584581 0.0285513415975065 5.95185422757212 5.95185400015957 2464174.983186373 0.789317848240937 372.784458617203 72.9813662997156 -37.9437465119059 37063.034589724 T 27 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:14:31 2021-Feb-24 07:14
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