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6834 Hunfeld (1993 JH)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006834
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB
Reference: MPO240255 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.2342904 n/a  
a 2.4403637 n/a AU
q 1.8686099 n/a AU
i 4.26864 n/a deg
node 46.20250 n/a deg
peri 225.84300 n/a deg
M 60.49049 n/a deg
tp 2456166.5274718
(2012-Aug-27.02747180)
n/a JED
period 1392.4521051
3.81
n/a
n/a
d
yr
n 0.25853672 n/a deg/d
Q 3.0121175 n/a AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      938  
   first obs. used      1970-??-??  
   last obs. used      2012-08-13  
   # oppositions      17  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   condition code      0  
   fit RMS      0.55  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      MPCLINUX  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.460 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.5 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 26554)  

6834 Hunfeld           Discovered 1993 May 11 by Y. Shimizu and T. Urata at Nachi-Katsuura.
Jan Hunfeld (1934-2009) was a Dutch journalist at Boom-Pers in Meppel, publisher of the Meppeler Courant. In the 1980s and 1990s he edited a weekly science page in the Courant, in which he included news of the activities of the Royal Dutch amateur-astronomy society. The name was suggested by T. Jurriens.
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Reference: 20090607/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2009-06-08

Alternate Designations
 1993 JH = 1970 GP = 1978 PW4 = 1985 FW 
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