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| Orbit Diagram
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This applet is provided as a 3D orbit visualization tool.
The applet was implemented using 2-body methods,
and hence should not be used for determining accurate long-term trajectories
(over several years or decades) or planetary encounter circumstances.
For accurate long-term ephemerides, please instead use our Horizons system. |
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Additional Notes: the orbits shown in the applet are color coded. The planets are white lines, and the asteroid/comet is a blue line. The bright white line indicates the portion of the orbit that is above the ecliptic plane, and the darker portion is below the ecliptic plane. Likewise for the asteroid/comet orbit, the light blue indicates the portion above the ecliptic plane, and the dark blue the portion below the ecliptic plane.
Orbit Viewer applet originally written and kindly provided by
Osamu Ajiki (AstroArts),
and further modified by
Ron Baalke (JPL).
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454800.5 (2008-Nov-30.0) TDB
Reference: MPC38747 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | 0.0963992 | n/a | |
| a | 3.0266044 | n/a | AU |
| q | 2.7348422 | n/a | AU |
| i | 9.37983 | n/a | deg |
| node | 309.25138 | n/a | deg |
| peri | 36.31208 | n/a | deg |
| M | 121.94886 | n/a | deg |
| tp | 2454149.0108834
(2007-Feb-17.51088341) | n/a | JED |
| period | 1923.2330830
5.27 | n/a
n/a | d
yr |
| n | 0.18718480 | n/a | deg/d |
| Q | 3.3183666 | n/a | AU |
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| | Orbit Determination Parameters
Additional Information
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
10.53 |
mag |
n/a |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 3 |
| diameter |
diameter |
32.33 |
km |
2.2 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 3 |
| rotation period |
rot_per |
7.04 |
h |
n/a |
IAU Lightcurve Data
(A.W. Harris, E-mail Mar. 2006) |
Published Reference List:
[Lagerkvist, C.-I.: 1978, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 31, 361-381.]
[Binzel, R.P.: 1987, Icarus 72, 135-208.]
[Sarneczky, K., Szabo, G., Kiss, L.L.: 1999, Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 137, 363-368.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.1038 |
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0.016 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 3 |
| B-V |
BV |
.751 |
mag |
.018 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 |
#obs=4; phase (min.=2.80, mean=11.61, max.=15.95) deg. |
| U-B |
UB |
.373 |
mag |
.026 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 |
#obs=4; phase (min.=2.80, mean=11.61, max.=15.95) deg. |
| Tholen spectral type |
spec_T |
XSCU |
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n/a |
EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 |
used 7 color indices |
| SMASSII spectral type |
spec_B |
Xc |
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n/a |
EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 |
based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002) |
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| 1604 Tombaugh | \N Observatory. The discovery position was published by C. O. Lampland and K. Newman. |
| Named by the Lowell Observatory for Clyde W. Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto, on the occasion of a symposium on Pluto, held on the fiftieth anniversary of its discovery, 1980 Feb. 18. Tombaugh marked, during the course of his blink examination, over 4000 minor planets on plates obtained with the 0.33-m photographic telescope during the trans-Saturnian search program at the Lowell Observatory. |
| NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
| Reference: MPC 5280 | Last Updated: 2007-10-23 |
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Alternate Designations
| 1931 FH = 1930 DX = 1933 SA1 = 1936 FA = 1937 JH = 1941 CF = 1943 OE = 1948 ME = 1949 ST1 = A920 EC |
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