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24617 (1978 WU)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2024617
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .20283350419432 6.1704e-08  
a 2.545220469950818 1.0243e-08 au
q 2.02896448308358 1.6077e-07 au
i 8.621694705659307 3.2003e-06 deg
node 239.9245338701428 3.8616e-05 deg
peri 107.6612304488681 3.9838e-05 deg
M 39.15990882003194 1.0386e-05 deg
tp 2458439.166071478144
(2018-Nov-16.66607148)
4.2392e-05 TDB
period 1483.154992387463
4.06
8.9533e-06
2.451e-08
d
yr
n .2427258121017421 1.4653e-09 deg/d
Q 3.061476456818057 1.2321e-08 au
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1260  
   data-arc span      14983 days (41.02 yr)  
   first obs. used      1978-11-29  
   last obs. used      2019-12-07  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .52512  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-14 01:12:50  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.04203 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.4523 au 
 T_jup = 3.399 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.5   n/a MPO449138  
diameter diameter 3.117 km 0.138 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.231   0.038 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

24617 (1978 WU)          Discovered 1978-Nov-29 by Bus, S. J., Kowal, C. T. at Palomar
Reference: 20010606/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1978 WU = 1982 XJ2 
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