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4188 Kitezh (1979 HX4)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2004188
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 42 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .14993921053034 1.8006e-08  
a 2.335801249809543 5.5083e-09 au
q 1.985573054457318 4.309e-08 au
i 6.124697066820093 3.8316e-07 deg
node 136.2284802666119 9.0327e-06 deg
peri 228.2687706843622 1.1029e-05 deg
M 108.8205680357638 6.2622e-06 deg
tp 2458806.350713812922
(2019-Nov-18.85071381)		 2.2398e-05 TDB
period 1303.923932658713
3.57		 4.6124e-06
1.263e-08		 d
yr
n .2760897250086949 9.7662e-10 deg/d
Q 2.686029445161767 6.3343e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2932  
   data-arc span      24422 days (66.86 yr)  
   first obs. used      1954-05-04  
   last obs. used      2021-03-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43836  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-12 16:02:46  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .987213 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.77298 au 
 T_jup = 3.545 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.99   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 6.588 km 0.156 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 2.58 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Simpson, G.; Chong, E.; Gerhardt, M.; Gorsky, S.; et al. (2013) Minor Planet Bull. 146-151.]
[Chang, C.K.; Ip, W.-H.; Lin, H.-W.; Cheng, Y.C.; et al. (2015) Astrophys. J. Supp. Ser. 219, A27.]
[Waszczak, A.; Chang, C.-K.; Ofeck, E.O.; Laher, F.; et al. (2015) Astron. J. 150, A75.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.338   0.038 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
SMASSII spectral type spec_B V   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

4188 Kitezh (1979 HX4)          Discovered 1979-Apr-25 by Chernykh, N. S. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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Alternate Designations
 1979 HX4 = 1969 PV = 1973 YH = 1976 OH = 1980 TP11 = 1984 YD5 
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