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16608 (1993 FA23)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2016608
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .04369786287730081 4.3834e-08  
a 3.023596174618042 1.6738e-08 au
q 2.891471483583252 1.3761e-07 au
i 5.501136692884151 4.7055e-06 deg
node 210.623823671783 4.069e-05 deg
peri 177.9417555737963 6.3102e-05 deg
M 264.3064921129393 5.0226e-05 deg
tp 2459710.962780732174
(2022-May-11.46278073)		 0.0002701 TDB
period 1920.366439910089
5.26		 1.5946e-05
4.366e-08		 d
yr
n .1874642216809699 1.5567e-09 deg/d
Q 3.155720865652833 1.7469e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1479  
   data-arc span      15863 days (43.43 yr)  
   first obs. used      1977-03-12  
   last obs. used      2020-08-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .52333  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-13 01:36:41  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.8946 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.06703 au 
 T_jup = 3.237 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.67   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 7.084 km 0.418 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.140   0.017 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

16608 (1993 FA23)          Discovered 1993-Mar-21 by UESAC at La Silla
Reference: 20000913/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

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Alternate Designations
 1993 FA23 = 1977 EH6 
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