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9279 Seager (1981 EY12)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2009279
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 30 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1862743097858091 3.6429e-08  
a 2.454836685565561 8.3746e-09 au
q 1.997563676324952 8.832e-08 au
i 8.306766379244245 4.4775e-06 deg
node 209.605881053644 2.6427e-05 deg
peri 260.9471946077831 2.8717e-05 deg
M 177.5156233695136 1.2181e-05 deg
tp 2458507.766141138880
(2019-Jan-24.26614114)		 4.648e-05 TDB
period 1404.857693403635
3.85		 7.189e-06
1.968e-08		 d
yr
n .2562537128780681 1.3113e-09 deg/d
Q 2.912109694806169 9.9346e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1766  
   data-arc span      14967 days (40.98 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-09-18  
   last obs. used      2020-09-09  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .48522  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-12 21:16:56  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.03371 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.28154 au 
 T_jup = 3.455 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.41   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 3.763 km 0.252 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 140.739 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:
[Pal, A.; Szakats, R.; Kiss, C.; Bodi, A.; et al. (2019) Ap. J. Supl. Ser. 247, id.26.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.261   0.065 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

9279 Seager           Discovered 1981 Mar. 1 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
Sara Seager (b. 1971) is a professor of physics and planetary science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An expert and textbook editor in the field of exoplanets, she is also dedicated to innovative small satellite technologies for exoplanet transit and asteroid detections.
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Reference: MPC batch dated 2014-07-12Last Updated: 2014-08-13

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