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17073 Alexblank (1999 GX34)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2017073
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 30 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .101727530307936 3.2359e-08  
a 2.890670391125764 1.388e-08 au
q 2.596609631302265 9.5853e-08 au
i 1.760632820316971 3.858e-06 deg
node 213.7729875753141 0.00010885 deg
peri 27.14082943736589 0.0001105 deg
M 65.87127187813262 1.7701e-05 deg
tp 2458672.034442814549
(2019-Jul-07.53444281)		 8.8277e-05 TDB
period 1795.131583393899
4.91		 1.2929e-05
3.54e-08		 d
yr
n .2005424022006116 1.4444e-09 deg/d
Q 3.184731150949264 1.5292e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1768  
   data-arc span      10920 days (29.90 yr)  
   first obs. used      1990-09-09  
   last obs. used      2020-08-02  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .50509  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Aug-25 01:10:50  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.58417 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.81897 au 
 T_jup = 3.282 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.9   n/a MPO299085  
diameter diameter 4.690 km 0.157 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.266   0.041 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

17073 Alexblank           Discovered 1999 Apr. 6 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro.
Alexander Edmund Blank (b. 1987) was awarded fourth place in the 2003 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Lower Canada College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Reference: 20040614/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2009-12-11

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Alternate Designations
 1999 GX34 = 1990 RZ17 
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