Asteroid · 253
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Measurements
- Effective diameter
- 52.8 km
- Semimajor axis
- 2.647 AU
- Orbital period
- 1,572.914 Earth days
Orbit, physical values and uncertainties
- eccentricity
- .2643478593847533 ± 9.2877E-10
- semi-major axis
- 2.646901224932316 au ± 7.654E-10
- perihelion distance
- 1.947198552118577 au ± 2.5973E-9
- inclination; angle with respect to x-y ecliptic plane
- 6.74046762132457 deg ± 4.9106E-8
- longitude of the ascending node
- 179.4942079651114 deg ± 4.4462E-7
- argument of perihelion
- 157.5640226350525 deg ± 5.0217E-7
- mean anomaly
- 273.5338756003301 deg ± 3.6143E-7
- time of perihelion passage
- 2461578.288315718905 TDB ± 1.7205E-6
- sidereal orbital period
- 1572.914185793263 d ± 6.8226E-7
- mean motion
- .2288745331764189 deg/d ± 9.9275E-11
- aphelion distance
- 3.346603897746054 au ± 9.6773E-10
- absolute magnitude
- 10.35
- diameter
- 52.8 km
- GM
- 0.00689 km^3/s^2 ± 0.00030
- bulk density
- 1.3 g/cm^3 ± 0.2
- rotation period
- 417.7 h
- geometric albedo
- 0.0436 ± 0.004
- SMASSII spectral type
- Cb
Published JPL orbital elements describe their stated epoch; they are not current positions. Small-body diameters can be effective/model-dependent sizes, not spherical shapes. Missing measurements remain unavailable. Pluto’s diameter uses the New Horizons reference rather than an empty SBDB field. Orbital epoch: JD 2461200.5 TDB.
Object reference ↗Missions & milestones
1 launches · 0 connected events
These are target-related flights and every connected programme record in the production catalogue. A connected event may concern another stage or target of the same journey. Launch outcome does not establish arrival or current operation.
TARGET-RELATED FLIGHT
→NEAR Shoemaker
February 17, 1996 · UTC
Complete source cohort: 9,386 records.
