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78498 (2002 RX72)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2078498
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .189824800972255 4.9833e-08  
a 3.101483881061831 1.8722e-08 au
q 2.512745320620612 1.5443e-07 au
i 1.975847579660059 4.942e-06 deg
node 172.9124524684936 0.00013842 deg
peri 219.1189741180654 0.00013898 deg
M 49.31647711186328 1.0798e-05 deg
tp 2458727.198343355939
(2019-Aug-31.69834336)		 5.9742e-05 TDB
period 1995.045107717033
5.46		 1.8064e-05
4.946e-08		 d
yr
n .1804470478424192 1.6339e-09 deg/d
Q 3.69022244150305 2.2275e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      569  
   data-arc span      9744 days (26.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      1994-03-13  
   last obs. used      2020-11-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56119  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Dec-17 22:06:37  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.51903 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.7498 au 
 T_jup = 3.193 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.3   n/a MPO502630  

78498 (2002 RX72)          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
1935-May-03 10:26 00:02 Jupiter 1.7826825813306 1.7826819995309 1.7826831631303 1.75355261102438 1.45762416358611 2427925.934977601 2.27020688800859 103.045561935064 47.9171396275114 79.0511241950417 1766640.87695056 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
1945-Apr-20 16:59 00:02 Jupiter 1.88775739558089 1.88775667198893 1.88775811917349 2.06024711938115 1.82954455164468 2431566.207868152 1.96043313322273 112.615566473926 12.4810334000747 -87.0498985472538 2021824.76686223 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
1996-Feb-13 02:39 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.97770003592893 1.97769950426595 1.97770056759179 2.82513474015155 2.66923453585051 2450126.610280145 0.64391502375411 46.4239566033137 14.5428270045603 -86.0620613675245 2436115.75180974 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
2006-Jan-28 10:36 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.75971240503794 1.75971193499079 1.75971287508459 1.63806226161061 1.31170312128361 2453763.941784493 0.401134749364628 83.7073842513516 58.9016577844155 -53.9931295901767 1821260.83171763 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
2016-Jan-18 22:00 < 00:01 Jupiter 1.98117245359199 1.98117192026148 1.98117298692237 2.47556209398425 2.29637447115437 2457406.416398964 0.266516300517111 49.3732030928394 8.50042108266479 83.9425612798742 2315882.70471811 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
2066-Nov-10 00:40 00:01 Jupiter 1.88000564725489 1.88000504585656 1.880006248653 2.28438314119856 2.07781646440417 2475964.527816237 1.41565549658884 49.4686483725496 6.38483963909932 -86.4066744015597 1781427.33747313 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
2076-Oct-25 20:27 00:02 Jupiter 1.7778273892378 1.77782678827873 1.77782799019658 1.6727695765019 1.35841242526152 2479602.352035243 1.69601257270756 114.727636571168 53.9153584196031 -71.461586083897 1821391.79802648 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
2137-Aug-06 12:40 00:03 Jupiter 1.8037947970054 1.80379400187159 1.80379559213905 1.89987989535184 1.6341320131655 2501801.027632484 3.37930861154019 96.4810496781765 32.2617945741064 71.0507181602069 1607434.57703366 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06
2147-Jul-24 11:24 00:04 Jupiter 1.83164432131878 1.83164312921731 1.8316455134239 1.84908736686232 1.57931866889187 2505439.974924237 3.64311274418331 197.932231152202 28.5568852963465 -81.0848522268669 1872650.45882978 T 24 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Dec-17 22:06:38 2020-Dec-17 22:06

Alternate Designations
 2002 RX72 = 1997 WD58 = 2000 GZ183 
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