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3874 Stuart (1986 TJ1)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003874
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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 .04949033366387499 3.5337e-08  
a 2.681251209699835 1.1902e-08 au
q 2.548555192695122 9.7932e-08 au
i 7.683432391583673 3.9077e-06 deg
node 277.003341089509 3.2924e-05 deg
peri 316.2052770079791 5.8215e-05 deg
M 299.0022566289112 4.8804e-05 deg
tp 2458872.216463080760
(2020-Jan-23.71646308)		 0.00021759 TDB
period 1603.631893625701
4.39		 1.0677e-05
2.923e-08		 d
yr
n .2244904216678211 1.4947e-09 deg/d
Q 2.813947226704549 1.2491e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2081  
   data-arc span      23223 days (63.58 yr)  
   first obs. used      1955-10-11  
   last obs. used      2019-05-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42222  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-30 00:00:08  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.542 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.22596 au 
 T_jup = 3.362 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.5   n/a MPO384787  
diameter diameter 8.507 km 0.515 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
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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