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621 Werdandi (A906 VM)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000621
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1356518864299347 3.1484e-08  
a 3.137190151965062 1.3738e-08 au
q 2.711624389761588 9.5084e-08 au
i 2.304153035168671 3.9931e-06 deg
node 67.02377778005841 9.5297e-05 deg
peri 33.88485674150197 9.6603e-05 deg
M 187.1439685664736 1.6185e-05 deg
tp 2459975.022181126930
(2023-Jan-30.52218113)		 9.233e-05 TDB
period 2029.596435231184
5.56		 1.3331e-05
3.65e-08		 d
yr
n .1773751637275583 1.1651e-09 deg/d
Q 3.562755914168537 1.5601e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2859  
   data-arc span      41216 days (112.84 yr)  
   first obs. used      1906-11-11  
   last obs. used      2019-09-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42804  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 15:32:23  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.7289 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.58883 au 
 T_jup = 3.196 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.0   n/a MPO492756 IRAS observations used: 9
diameter diameter 29.726 km 0.491 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 11.776 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Strabla, L.; Quadri, U.; Girelli, R.; Pilcher, F. (2012) Minor Planet Bull. 39, 154-155.]
[Hanus, J.; Broz, M.; Durech, J.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2013) Astron. Astrophys. 559, A134.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.127   0.019 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
B-V BV 0.650   0.014 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=13.59, mean=13.59, max.=13.59) deg.
U-B UB 0.285   0.035 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=13.59, mean=13.59, max.=13.59) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T FCX:   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 2 color indices

621 Werdandi (A906 VM)          Discovered 1906-Nov-11 by Kopff, A. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 A906 VM = 1952 BO 
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