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2460 Mitlincoln (1980 TX4)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002460
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1090950654864629 2.9606e-08  
a 2.2583622253097 6.1977e-09 au
q 2.011986050447384 6.6572e-08 au
i 3.740647616937857 3.9402e-06 deg
node 176.0797779167048 5.0307e-05 deg
peri 304.0624727860317 5.3872e-05 deg
M 151.4752661311188 1.8657e-05 deg
tp 2458478.911446905467
(2018-Dec-26.41144691)		 6.388e-05 TDB
period 1239.620724293656
3.39		 5.1029e-06
1.397e-08		 d
yr
n .2904114080580013 1.1955e-09 deg/d
Q 2.504738400172016 6.8738e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2709  
   data-arc span      32198 days (88.15 yr)  
   first obs. used      1931-03-15  
   last obs. used      2019-05-10  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .4538  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-29 21:03:50  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.03059 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.55435 au 
 T_jup = 3.611 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.5   n/a MPO473798  
diameter diameter 9.263 km 0.224 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 3.0068 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2004) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Benishek, V. (2019) Minor Planet Bull. 46-4, in press.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.203   0.018 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

2460 Mitlincoln (1980 TX4)          Discovered 1980-Oct-01 by Taff, L. G. and Beatty, D. at Socorro
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1980 TX4 = 1931 EK = 1941 BG = 1951 AL1 = 1952 MM = 1960 XA = 1970 SB1 = 1970 WO = 1972 HC = 1973 QP = 1975 EG = 1980 RR4 = 1980 TW3 
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