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1673 van Houten (1937 TH)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001673
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 34 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1813772180508106 3.5164e-08  
a 3.099509567681666 1.2693e-08 au
q 2.537329144973695 1.1213e-07 au
i 3.59049086339498 4.4047e-06 deg
node 208.0292731147917 5.7238e-05 deg
peri 209.2202340684862 5.8316e-05 deg
M 310.0852410395189 1.0625e-05 deg
tp 2458876.853122659633
(2020-Jan-28.35312266)		 5.9101e-05 TDB
period 1993.140430393235
5.46		 1.2243e-05
3.352e-08		 d
yr
n .1806194859681684 1.1095e-09 deg/d
Q 3.661689990389638 1.4995e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2358  
   data-arc span      29998 days (82.13 yr)  
   first obs. used      1937-10-11  
   last obs. used      2019-11-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .48282  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-03 20:25:12  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.54968 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.69782 au 
 T_jup = 3.194 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.1   n/a MPO452183  
diameter diameter 20.733 km 0.151 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.088   0.003 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

1673 van Houten (1937 TH)          Discovered 1937-Oct-11 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1937 TH = 1948 TZ1 = 1950 BK = 1953 RJ1 = 1959 XG 
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