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13959 (1991 EL4)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2013959
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1681799513817712 3.0744e-08  
a 2.672708530009513 1.0637e-08 au
q 2.223212539374868 8.1063e-08 au
i 12.83265523339258 4.0547e-06 deg
node 181.3921724670957 1.473e-05 deg
peri 85.87750028706365 1.9379e-05 deg
M 173.6337906602656 1.4461e-05 deg
tp 2458230.736042657367
(2018-Apr-22.23604266)		 6.196e-05 TDB
period 1595.974053147034
4.37		 9.5275e-06
2.608e-08		 d
yr
n .2255675769227772 1.3466e-09 deg/d
Q 3.122204520644158 1.2426e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2128  
   data-arc span      10551 days (28.89 yr)  
   first obs. used      1991-03-12  
   last obs. used      2020-01-30  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47699  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 20:48:30  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.25286 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.08197 au 
 T_jup = 3.325 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.2   n/a MPO502275  
diameter diameter 6.489 km 0.266 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 3.124 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.290   0.048 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

13959 (1991 EL4)          Discovered 1991-Mar-12 by Debehogne, H. at La Silla
Reference: 20000320/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1991 EL4 = 1992 PA3 
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