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1946 Walraven (1931 PH)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001946
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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 .2359005546235146 6.4939e-08  
a 2.292734051896287 9.8831e-09 AU
q 1.751876817449735 1.4992e-07 AU
i 8.164404135876318 7.4803e-06 deg
node 17.28313162021373 5.0125e-05 deg
peri 339.8567681412491 5.1921e-05 deg
M 148.5226503334553 1.8415e-05 deg
tp 2455877.358542082658
(2011-Nov-11.85854208)
6.3269e-05 JED
period 1268.028306978177
3.47
8.199e-06
2.245e-08
d
yr
n .2839053339888852 1.8357e-09 deg/d
Q 2.833591286342839 1.2215e-08 AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1078  
   data-arc span      29833 days (81.68 yr)  
   first obs. used      1931-08-07  
   last obs. used      2013-04-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .50531  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 12:48:34  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .750515 AU 
 T_jup = 3.547 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.9 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 17263)  
rotation period rot_per 10.223 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[van Gent, H. (1933) Bul. Astron. Inst. Netherlands 7, 65-66.]
[Folberth, J.; Casimir, S.; Dou, Y.; Evans, D; et al. (2012) Minor Planet Bul. 39, 51-55.]

1946 Walraven (1931 PH)          Discovered 1931-Aug-08 by Van Gent, H. at Johannesburg (LS)
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1931 PH = 1952 PB = 1959 RE1 = 1966 TC = 1972 JE1 
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