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78608 (2002 SC53)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2078608
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 19 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1633487470277162 6.1083e-08  
a 2.44622046825371 1.4765e-08 au
q 2.046633419810914 1.4632e-07 au
i 23.22388774676874 6.0208e-06 deg
node 28.20054482388047 9.7119e-06 deg
peri 343.4244775815667 2.4697e-05 deg
M 217.3469107757062 2.9908e-05 deg
tp 2459554.258621252667
(2021-Dec-05.75862125)		 0.00012025 TDB
period 1397.467834275337
3.83		 1.2652e-05
3.464e-08		 d
yr
n .2576087915373592 2.3323e-09 deg/d
Q 2.845807516696507 1.7176e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1234  
   data-arc span      9922 days (27.16 yr)  
   first obs. used      1993-04-18  
   last obs. used      2020-06-17  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47748  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Nov-12 21:26:14  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.05567 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.6233 au 
 T_jup = 3.370 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.7   n/a MPO422199  
diameter diameter 5.930 km 0.133 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.073   0.010 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

78608 (2002 SC53)          Discovered 2002-Sep-18 by NEAT at Palomar
Reference: 20040415/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 2002 SC53 = 2001 KL50 
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