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621 Werdandi (A906 VM)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000621
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 36 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1357316438852802 3.0667e-08  
a 3.134608917588505 1.4567e-08 au
q 2.709143296266758 9.2823e-08 au
i 2.297977527048292 3.7616e-06 deg
node 66.8218112107285 9.131e-05 deg
peri 34.96863070479688 9.2431e-05 deg
M 221.5159777605933 1.5498e-05 deg
tp 2459980.277396893586
(2023-Feb-04.77739689)		 8.8251e-05 TDB
period 2027.092066956225
5.55		 1.413e-05
3.869e-08		 d
yr
n .1775943016444029 1.238e-09 deg/d
Q 3.560074538910252 1.6544e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3135  
   data-arc span      41670 days (114.09 yr)  
   first obs. used      1906-11-11  
   last obs. used      2020-12-12  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .41297  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 00:48:16  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.72626 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.58785 au 
 T_jup = 3.197 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.09   n/a E2021B10 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. 2020-October); 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.]
[Erasmus, N.; Navarro-Meza, S.; McNeill, A.; Trilling, D.E.; et al. (2020) Ap. J. Suppl. Ser. 247, A13.]
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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