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621 Werdandi (A906 VM)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000621
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1376338092437702 3.2117e-08  
a 3.128982783322325 1.253e-08 au
q 2.698328963795499 9.7839e-08 au
i 2.314065245249453 4.0154e-06 deg
node 67.11535541820714 9.684e-05 deg
peri 32.49143608387404 9.8133e-05 deg
M 117.627654933905 1.587e-05 deg
tp 2457939.943264566029
(2017-Jul-05.44326457)		 8.8407e-05 TDB
period 2021.637045215681
5.53		 1.2143e-05
3.325e-08		 d
yr
n .1780735077307573 1.0696e-09 deg/d
Q 3.559636602849151 1.4254e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2812  
   data-arc span      41190 days (112.77 yr)  
   first obs. used      1906-11-11  
   last obs. used      2019-08-20  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42874  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Sep-23 19:10:26  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.71569 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.59895 au 
 T_jup = 3.198 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 10.49   n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 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-January); 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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