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11764 Benbaillaud (6531 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2011764
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 31 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .06860160089602844 3.3352e-08  
a 2.19493248082152 7.2098e-09 au
q 2.044356598778473 7.3058e-08 au
i 4.703543173099341 4.4189e-06 deg
node 16.31891004455247 4.9845e-05 deg
peri 20.13607849688427 6.1872e-05 deg
M 334.2737211703526 3.6916e-05 deg
tp 2458685.379858397578
(2019-Jul-20.87985840)		 0.00012185 TDB
period 1187.764045685228
3.25		 5.8522e-06
1.602e-08		 d
yr
n .3030905012723416 1.4934e-09 deg/d
Q 2.345508362864568 7.7044e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1431  
   data-arc span      21620 days (59.19 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2019-12-04  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .49241  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-13 23:19:10  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.05051 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.88711 au 
 T_jup = 3.662 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.6   n/a MPO452336  
diameter diameter 3.133 km 0.140 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.260   0.028 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

11764 Benbaillaud           Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels.
Benjamin Baillaud (1848-1934) was a director of the Toulouse (1878-1907) and Paris (1907-1926) Observatories. He founded the Pic du Midi Observatory and served as first president of the International Astronomical Union.
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Reference: 20070926/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2007-09-30

Alternate Designations
 6531 P-L = 3007 T-2 
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