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10612 Houffalize (1997 JR17)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2010612
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .01315665127218902 6.2401e-08  
a 2.925852129098624 3.2162e-08 AU
q 2.887357712962082 1.9226e-07 AU
i 2.319834261090734 6.7118e-06 deg
node 161.3677173685606 0.00014496 deg
peri 126.4619947210884 0.00029535 deg
M 16.44252495315574 0.00025651 deg
tp 2456317.008359251416
(2013-Jan-24.50835925)		 0.0013024 JED
period 1828.003348337424
5.00		 3.0141e-05
8.252e-08		 d
yr
n .196936181942676 3.2471e-09 deg/d
Q 2.964346545235166 3.2585e-08 AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1298  
   data-arc span      12163 days (33.30 yr)  
   first obs. used      1979-12-23  
   last obs. used      2013-04-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .55947  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:40:50  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.8719 AU 
 T_jup = 3.277 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.4 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 34466)  

10612 Houffalize           Discovered 1997 May 3 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory.
Houffalize, a small city on the Ourthe river in the province of Luxemburg (Belgium), was completely destroyed at the end of 1944. Rebuilt, it is now a tourist attraction.
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Reference: 20071124/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2007-11-26

Alternate Designations
 1997 JR17 = 1979 YW1 = 1988 RX5 = 1997 LG14 = 1998 OT13 = 1998 QC22 
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