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10334 Gibbon (1991 PG5)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2010334
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: MPO250314 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.0724408 n/a  
a 2.8763185 n/a AU
q 2.6679557 n/a AU
i 0.96371 n/a deg
node 225.20353 n/a deg
peri 132.95188 n/a deg
M 122.66880 n/a deg
tp 2455793.3646571
(2011-Aug-19.86465710)		 n/a JED
period 1781.7792580
4.88		 n/a
n/a		 d
yr
n 0.20204523 n/a deg/d
Q 3.0846813 n/a AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      516  
   first obs. used      1991-??-??  
   last obs. used      2013-01-21  
   # oppositions      15  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      0.55  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      MPCLINUX  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.292 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.1 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 34144)  

10334 Gibbon           Discovered 1991 Aug. 3 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
British historian Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), celebrated for his six-volume work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1789), attributed the fall of the Roman Empire to the loss of civil virtue among its citizens.
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Reference: 20071124/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2007-11-26

Alternate Designations
 1991 PG5 = 1996 PO2 
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