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SOLAR SYSTEM
Jiri W a g n e r , Jr., wag@volny.cz
Asteroids - abbreviations
| T | The reference date of the mean anomaly - ie the date at which the asteroid has the mean anomaly specified by M. The time scale used for this is Terrestrial Dynamical Time (TDT). |
| M | The mean anomaly of the asteroid at the reference date T, in degrees. |
| a | The semi-major axis of the orbit, in astronomical units (AU). |
| e | The eccentricity of the orbit. An eccentricity of 0.0 means that the orbit is circular, whilst a value of 1.0 indicates a parabola. All asteroids have an orbital eccentricity less than 1. |
| w | The argument of perihelion, in degrees. |
| W | The longitude of the ascending node of the orbit, in degrees. |
| i | The inclination of the orbit, in degrees. |
| H and G | Magnitude Parameters.These numbers are used to calculate the magnitude of the asteroid given its distance from the Earth and Sun. |
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