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10968 Sterken (4393 T-1)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2010968
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: MPO253441 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.1183947 n/a  
a 3.1242644 n/a AU
q 2.7543681 n/a AU
i 2.43740 n/a deg
node 100.19948 n/a deg
peri 103.77029 n/a deg
M 219.20957 n/a deg
tp 2457189.3432833
(2015-Jun-15.84328330)
n/a JED
period 2017.0659467
5.52
n/a
n/a
d
yr
n 0.17847706 n/a deg/d
Q 3.4941607 n/a AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      648  
   first obs. used      1971-??-??  
   last obs. used      2013-02-09  
   # oppositions      17  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      0.60  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      MPCLINUX  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.203 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.3 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 34814)  

10968 Sterken           Discovered 1971 Mar. 26 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
Christiaan Sterken (b. 1946), an astronomer at the Free University of Brussels, has a particular interest in \beta Sct, \delta Sct and S Dor stars. He established the working group on Long-Term Photometry of Variables at the European Southern Observatory and was co-founder of the Journal of Astronomical Data (1995).
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Reference: 20060219/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2010-06-03

Alternate Designations
 4393 T-1 = 3216 T-2 
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