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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: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
| Element | Value | Uncertainty (1-sigma) | Units |
| e | .08905475281694378 | 2.0891e-08 | |
| a | 2.361269142918235 | 1.2511e-09 | AU |
| q | 2.150986903061375 | 4.9305e-08 | AU |
| i | 7.135183887885899 | 2.0395e-06 | deg |
| node | 103.9148428205541 | 2.2866e-05 | deg |
| peri | 149.8554018483394 | 2.8287e-05 | deg |
| M | 144.8638182054048 | 1.8008e-05 | deg |
| tp | 2454267.196920358050
(2007-Jun-15.69692036) | 6.6117e-05 | JED |
| period | 1325.307527093325
3.63 | 1.0533e-06
2.884e-09 | d
yr |
| n | .2716350678167164 | 2.1589e-10 | deg/d |
| Q | 2.571551382775095 | 1.3625e-09 | AU |
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Additional Information
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Physical Parameter Table
| Parameter |
Symbol |
Value |
Units |
Sigma |
Reference |
Notes |
| absolute magnitude |
H |
3.20 |
mag |
n/a |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 2 |
| magnitude slope |
G |
0.32 |
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n/a |
PDS3 (MPC 17257) |
Fit |
| diameter |
diameter |
530 |
km |
n/a |
Thomas et al. (1997) |
Yeomans E-mail 2001-Apr-04 |
| GM |
GM |
17.8 |
km^3/s^2 |
n/a |
JPL IOM 312.F01-006 |
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| rotation period |
rot_per |
5.342 |
h |
n/a |
IAU Lightcurve Data
(A.W. Harris, E-mail Mar. 2006) |
Published Reference List:
[Giclas, H.L.: 1951, Lowell Obs. Rep. No. 9, 33-71.]
[Stephenson, C.B.: 1951, Astrophys. J. 114, 500-504.]
[Cuffey, J.: 1953, Astron. J. 58, 212.]
[Groeneveld, I., Kuiper, G.P.: 1954, Astrophys. J. 120, 200-220.]
[Haupt, H.: 1958, Sitzber. Osterr. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. Abteilung II 167, 303-341.] |
| geometric albedo |
albedo |
0.4228 |
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0.053 |
IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 |
IRAS observations used: 2 |
| B-V |
BV |
.782 |
mag |
.020 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 |
#obs=23; phase (min.=1.73, mean=14.92, max.=24.69) deg. |
| U-B |
UB |
.492 |
mag |
.030 |
EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.1 |
#obs=23; phase (min.=1.73, mean=15.34, max.=24.69) deg. |
| Tholen spectral type |
spec_T |
V |
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n/a |
EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 |
used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo |
| SMASSII spectral type |
spec_B |
V |
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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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| 4 Vesta | Discovered 1807-Mar-29 by Olbers, H. W. at Bremen |
| Reference: DISCOVERY.DB | Last Updated: 2003--0-8- |
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