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3874 Stuart (1986 TJ1)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003874
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 36 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .05075333073766204 8.7399e-09  
a 2.683654731208507 1.094e-08 au
q 2.54745031504979 2.2213e-08 au
i 7.679409934831728 4.756e-07 deg
node 276.9948185175825 5.7841e-06 deg
peri 316.2545917207003 2.4995e-05 deg
M 73.53064316386589 2.3808e-05 deg
tp 2458872.514796688239
(2020-Jan-24.01479669)		 0.00010622 TDB
period 1605.788663225751
4.40		 9.8194e-06
2.688e-08		 d
yr
n .2241889037109169 1.3709e-09 deg/d
Q 2.819859147367224 1.1496e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2269  
   data-arc span      23772 days (65.08 yr)  
   first obs. used      1955-10-11  
   last obs. used      2020-11-10  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42077  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-12 15:40:36  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.53961 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.21877 au 
 T_jup = 3.361 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.53   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 8.507 km 0.515 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 3.14354 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Pal, A.; Szakats, R.; Kiss, C.; Bodi, A.; et al. (2019) Ap. J. Supl. Ser. 247, id.26.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.322   0.127 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

3874 Stuart (1986 TJ1)          Discovered 1986-Oct-04 by Bowell, E. at Flagstaff (AM)
Discovered at the Anderson Mesa station, which is operated by the Lowell Observatory.
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1986 TJ1 = 1972 NO = 1978 YH = 1980 KB = 1986 WB5 
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