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78493 (2002 RS62)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2078493
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .09233386981939817 3.3972e-08  
a 2.619571078898177 1.1959e-08 au
q 2.377695943916533 8.7771e-08 au
i 13.78357373667932 4.1004e-06 deg
node 178.2181198887888 1.5291e-05 deg
peri 128.2218285020513 2.8662e-05 deg
M 177.5819431641979 2.659e-05 deg
tp 2458436.593842864965
(2018-Nov-14.09384286)		 0.00011209 TDB
period 1548.615876527114
4.24		 1.0604e-05
2.903e-08		 d
yr
n .2324656523652119 1.5919e-09 deg/d
Q 2.861446213879822 1.3063e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1280  
   data-arc span      7627 days (20.88 yr)  
   first obs. used      2000-03-05  
   last obs. used      2021-01-21  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .51375  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 07:15:21  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.38773 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.41703 au 
 T_jup = 3.359 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.6   n/a MPO449494  
diameter diameter 3.578 km 0.192 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.151   0.017 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

78493 (2002 RS62)          Discovered 2002-Sep-05 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
1913-Jun-01 04:55 00:02 Amphi 0.0287557022431736 0.0287324258899416 0.0287789812455955 7.26105144407625 7.2610514165435 2419919.704548851 1.79306693122107 1239.59201064891 41.2287917415375 -20.5779951403973 36808.8782319046 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2021-Feb-24 07:15:24 2021-Feb-24 07:15

Alternate Designations
 2002 RS62 = 2000 ER174 
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