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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 31 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .2182807651465106 | 3.2575e-08 | |
| a | 2.226654828141769 | 5.3817e-09 | au |
| q | 1.740618908537812 | 7.1873e-08 | au |
| i | 4.406486181280193 | 2.8697e-06 | deg |
| node | 152.5346357743449 | 4.7884e-05 | deg |
| peri | 226.8095919006131 | 4.8452e-05 | deg |
| M | 78.0469091389235 | 7.0806e-06 | deg |
| tp | 2458737.393860245701
(2019-Sep-10.89386025) | 2.3937e-05 | TDB |
| period | 1213.606167836183
3.32 | 4.3998e-06
1.205e-08 | d
yr |
| n | .2966365939305231 | 1.0754e-09 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.712690747745727 | 6.5564e-09 | au |
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456951.5 (2014-Oct-21.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 31 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .2192936166859743 | 3.268e-08 | |
| q | 1.737697485812446 | 7.2131e-08 | au |
| tp | 2457522.748947664428
(2016-May-14.24894766) | 2.438e-05 | TDB |
| node | 152.6281834832576 | 4.7849e-05 | deg |
| peri | 226.4988955879288 | 4.8407e-05 | deg |
| i | 4.408490029793994 | 2.8719e-06 | deg |
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| | Orbit Determination Parameters
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Orbit Covariance (6×6)
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| |
e |
q |
tp |
node |
peri |
i |
| e |
1.067958760786278E-15 |
-2.35342327763195E-15 |
2.084921928038734E-13 |
1.284545676817168E-14 |
2.847703325901725E-14 |
-1.749236505898531E-15 |
| q |
-2.35342327763195E-15 |
5.20292066388091E-15 |
-4.90189995836356E-13 |
-2.776232802703284E-14 |
-7.479687151786566E-14 |
3.91277033993727E-15 |
| tp |
2.084921928038734E-13 |
-4.90189995836356E-13 |
5.943887240338297E-10 |
3.855917912436261E-12 |
1.899195691023097E-10 |
-9.209060887896565E-13 |
| node |
1.284545676817168E-14 |
-2.776232802703284E-14 |
3.855917912436261E-12 |
2.289491364293464E-9 |
-2.281531381486496E-9 |
5.388895681073293E-12 |
| peri |
2.847703325901725E-14 |
-7.479687151786566E-14 |
1.899195691023097E-10 |
-2.281531381486496E-9 |
2.343255996222268E-9 |
-5.653285561957058E-12 |
| i |
-1.749236505898531E-15 |
3.91277033993727E-15 |
-9.209060887896565E-13 |
5.388895681073293E-12 |
-5.653285561957058E-12 |
8.248023292855499E-12 |
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
14.3 |
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n/a |
MPO435780 |
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| diameter |
diameter |
4.061 |
km |
0.033 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
4.491 |
h |
n/a |
LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 |
Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2019) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.246 |
|
0.017 |
urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M) |
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| 8604 Vanier | Discovered 1929 Aug. 12 by C. J. Krieger at Mt. Hamilton. |
| Jean Vanier (b. 1928) is a philosopher, theologian, author and teacher. As the founder of two global communities (L´Arche, Faith and Light) for people with intellectual disabilities, he presents a compelling vision of a fully human life, lived in compassionate community. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: 20100527/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2010-12-06 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1929 PK = 1977 AZ = 1979 SO4 = 1989 TH9 = 1995 KW2 |
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