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2679 Kittisvaara (1939 TG)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002679
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 33 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1018419294944408 3.2319e-08  
a 2.620528143328716 1.038e-08 au
q 2.353648500917635 8.4362e-08 au
i 10.09796287826977 3.3584e-06 deg
node 208.1687929518732 2.0228e-05 deg
peri 281.4679901063124 2.7652e-05 deg
M 262.4112239902161 2.1938e-05 deg
tp 2459420.528770792776
(2021-Jul-25.02877079)		 9.5732e-05 TDB
period 1549.464637923521
4.24		 9.2059e-06
2.52e-08		 d
yr
n .2323383129817313 1.3804e-09 deg/d
Q 2.887407785739797 1.1437e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2516  
   data-arc span      29321 days (80.28 yr)  
   first obs. used      1939-10-07  
   last obs. used      2020-01-16  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45473  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 16:28:13  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.39254 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.21396 au 
 T_jup = 3.376 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.0   n/a MPO309167  
diameter diameter 10.076 km 0.210 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 10.123 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Brinsfield, J.W. (2009) Minor Planet Bull. 36, 127-128.]
[Carbo, L.; Green, D.; Kragh, K.; Krotz, J.; et al. (2009) Minor Planet Bull. 36, 152-157.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.302   0.045 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

2679 Kittisvaara (1939 TG)          Discovered 1939-Oct-07 by Vaisala, Y. at Turku
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1939 TG = 1948 XO = 1967 JU = 1969 VF2 = 1973 UG5 = 1977 SD2 = 1981 RL 
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