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5610 Balster (2041 T-3)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2005610
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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 .04381539563290916 7.4486e-08  
a 2.803614996103158 2.6083e-08 AU
q 2.680773495846541 2.1667e-07 AU
i 3.349391810779983 6.7897e-06 deg
node 243.7465839950374 0.00012282 deg
peri 333.0575651421595 0.00014705 deg
M 3.972573618397296 8.2659e-05 deg
tp 2456381.578940923620
(2013-Mar-30.07894092)		 0.00039367 JED
period 1714.651991835178
4.69		 2.3928e-05
6.551e-08		 d
yr
n .2099551405849387 2.9299e-09 deg/d
Q 2.926456496359775 2.7226e-08 AU
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1206  
   data-arc span      12981 days (35.54 yr)  
   first obs. used      1977-10-07  
   last obs. used      2013-04-22  
   planetary ephem.      DE405  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      .5604  
   data source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:17:39  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.67358 AU 
 T_jup = 3.320 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.8 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 22220)  
SMASSII spectral type spec_B S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

5610 Balster (2041 T-3)          Discovered 1977-Oct-16 by van Houten and Gehrels at Palomar (675)
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 2041 T-3 = 1982 UL6 
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