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6260 Kelsey (1949 PN)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006260
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459396.5 (2021-Jul-01.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 46 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1717589110215728 1.0671e-08  
a 2.677994539963438 8.6902e-09 au
q 2.2180251140576 2.8052e-08 au
i 11.93772532033293 5.1167e-07 deg
node 325.5406955969713 3.9679e-06 deg
peri 7.335860665872225 8.7184e-06 deg
M 143.3253297863839 5.5404e-06 deg
tp 2458759.215425240169
(2019-Oct-02.71542524)		 2.3704e-05 TDB
period 1600.711104279172
4.38		 7.7915e-06
2.133e-08		 d
yr
n .2249000453845882 1.0947e-09 deg/d
Q 3.137963965869276 1.0183e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      3071  
   data-arc span      26232 days (71.82 yr)  
   first obs. used      1949-08-02  
   last obs. used      2021-05-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .42381  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Jul-08 00:28:25  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.20717 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.22796 au 
 T_jup = 3.326 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.20   n/a MPO614063  
diameter diameter 11.196 km 0.078 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 5.11 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:
[Angeli, C.A.; Guimaraes, T.A.; Lazzaro, D.; Duffard, R.; et al. (2001) Astron. J. 121, 2245-2252.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.140   0.025 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

6260 Kelsey (1949 PN)          Discovered 1949-Aug-02 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

Alternate Designations
 1949 PN = 1949 QR = 1991 CF1 
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