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1956 Artek (1969 TX1)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2001956
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 30 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1044576187285589 3.8784e-08  
a 3.208533640228851 1.7681e-08 au
q 2.87337785656007 1.2741e-07 au
i 1.492691321080288 4.5515e-06 deg
node 153.2348416001632 0.00015581 deg
peri 347.44856418 0.00015719 deg
M 113.97277754905 2.1141e-05 deg
tp 2457935.905176926855
(2017-Jul-01.40517693)		 0.00012236 TDB
period 2099.221774281716
5.75		 1.7352e-05
4.751e-08		 d
yr
n .1714921236100364 1.4175e-09 deg/d
Q 3.543689423897632 1.9528e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2253  
   data-arc span      23949 days (65.57 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-03-07  
   last obs. used      2019-10-01  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .52569  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Nov-07 02:10:36  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.88684 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.47366 au 
 T_jup = 3.183 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.1   n/a MPO347533  
diameter diameter 19.921 km 3.545 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  
rotation period rot_per 9.4 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong.
Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2006) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
geometric albedo albedo 0.074   0.033 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

1956 Artek (1969 TX1)          Discovered 1969-Oct-08 by Chernykh, L. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1969 TX1 = 1975 TA6 
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