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6260 Kelsey (1949 PN)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006260
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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 .1717677457273607 3.962e-08  
a 2.677638724989885 8.889e-09 au
q 2.217706757326088 1.0692e-07 au
i 11.93747719132947 4.3013e-06 deg
node 325.5417800989067 1.5026e-05 deg
peri 7.280833523189904 1.791e-05 deg
M 99.3070334738763 8.9374e-06 deg
tp 2458759.027246455605
(2019-Oct-02.52724646)		 3.953e-05 TDB
period 1600.392094259773
4.38		 7.9692e-06
2.182e-08		 d
yr
n .2249448752535299 1.1201e-09 deg/d
Q 3.137570692653682 1.0416e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2905  
   data-arc span      26105 days (71.47 yr)  
   first obs. used      1949-08-02  
   last obs. used      2021-01-21  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .43091  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Feb-24 01:29:53  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.20568 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.22848 au 
 T_jup = 3.326 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 12.19   n/a E2021B10  
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

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Alternate Designations
 1949 PN = 1949 QR = 1991 CF1 
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