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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
t
p
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.DB
Last Updated:
2003-08-29
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Alternate Designations
1937 TH
= 1948 TZ1 = 1950 BK = 1953 RJ1 = 1959 XG
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