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90852 (1996 GS4)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2090852
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 12 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .184607960789961 5.6111e-08  
a 2.290514446452533 1.0921e-08 au
q 1.867667245332984 1.2803e-07 au
i 6.781077451405372 5.8322e-06 deg
node 58.85397288126839 4.4814e-05 deg
peri 313.2569031133702 4.655e-05 deg
M 173.8383105091895 1.2323e-05 deg
tp 2458389.078126441114
(2018-Sep-27.57812644)		 4.283e-05 TDB
period 1266.187377434063
3.47		 9.0554e-06
2.479e-08		 d
yr
n .2843181083747197 2.0334e-09 deg/d
Q 2.713361647572081 1.2937e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      534  
   data-arc span      8318 days (22.77 yr)  
   first obs. used      1996-04-11  
   last obs. used      2019-01-19  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .55362  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Jul-13 10:27:18  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .876261 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.75953 au 
 T_jup = 3.567 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 16.2   n/a MPO359378  
diameter diameter 2.443 km 0.795 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.118   0.088 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

90852 (1996 GS4)          Discovered 1996-Apr-11 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak
Reference: 20041028/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-10-29

Alternate Designations
 1996 GS4 = 2001 XV18 
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