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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.
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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: MPO101859 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
e | 0.0919579 | n/a | |
a | 3.9473782 | n/a | AU |
q | 3.5843856 | n/a | AU |
i | 6.49643 | n/a | deg |
node | 155.70746 | n/a | deg |
peri | 21.71975 | n/a | deg |
M | 203.21848 | n/a | deg |
tp | 2456048.0383080 (2012-Apr-30.53830801) | n/a | JED |
period | 2864.5837270 7.84 | n/a n/a | d yr |
n | 0.12567271 | n/a | deg/d |
Q | 4.3103708 | n/a | AU |
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Additional Information
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
absolute magnitude |
H |
10.56 |
mag |
n/a |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 6 |
diameter |
diameter |
44.21 |
km |
3.2 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 6 |
rotation period |
rot_per |
4.992 |
h |
n/a |
IAU Lightcurve Data (A.W. Harris, E-mail Mar. 2006) |
Published Reference List: [Dahlgren, M., Lahulla, J. F., Lagerkvist, C.-I., Lagerros, J., Mottola, S., Erikson, A., Gonano-Beurer, M.: 1998, Icarus 133, 247-285.] |
geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.0540 |
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0.009 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 6 |
B-V |
BV |
.746 |
mag |
.016 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 |
#obs=2; phase (min.=1.40, mean=1.42, max.=1.44) deg. |
U-B |
UB |
.239 |
mag |
.032 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 |
#obs=2; phase (min.=1.40, mean=1.42, max.=1.44) deg. |
Tholen spectral type |
spec_T |
D |
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n/a |
EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 |
used 7 color indices |
SMASSII spectral type |
spec_B |
D |
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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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2246 Bowell | Discovered 1979 Dec. 14 by E. Bowell at the Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station. |
Named in honor of Edward L. G. Bowell, Lowell Observatory astronomer who has made and who continues to make impressive contributions in many areas of minor-planet astronomy. Following his comprehensive UBV photoelectric photometry of minor planets, he has revived and augmented the Lowell photographic astrometric program and has discovered several new objects. He also does extensive orbital work on minor planets, including the establishment of identifications and the prediction of occultations. Name proposed by B. G. Marsden. |
NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) |
Reference: MPC 5688 | Last Updated: 2006-03-21 |
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Alternate Designations
1979 XH = 1942 GP = 1973 FH2 = 1973 FR = 1976 SL6 = 1977 SM3 |
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