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6516 Gruss (1988 TC2)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006516
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .200541909900893 4.428e-08  
a 2.337389124599638 9.3847e-09 au
q 1.86864464537085 1.0392e-07 au
i 1.694455075843853 3.812e-06 deg
node 279.823432858715 0.00016037 deg
peri 82.71073679882596 0.00016069 deg
M 315.0575474860122 1.4369e-05 deg
tp 2459163.448070723180
(2020-Nov-09.94807072)		 5.2762e-05 TDB
period 1305.253767405932
3.57		 7.861e-06
2.152e-08		 d
yr
n .275808435868732 1.6611e-09 deg/d
Q 2.806133603828426 1.1267e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1362  
   data-arc span      13766 days (37.69 yr)  
   first obs. used      1981-10-24  
   last obs. used      2019-07-03  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .5474  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 18:05:15  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .866958 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.65623 au 
 T_jup = 3.539 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 14.6   n/a MPO324368  
diameter diameter 6.185 km 1.736 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...814..117N)  
rotation period rot_per 13.003 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong.
Published Reference List:
[Clark, M. (2014) Minor Planet Bull. 41, 178-183.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.060   0.023 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)  

6516 Gruss           Discovered 1988 Oct. 3 by A. Mrkos at Klet.
Czech astronomer Gustav Gruss (1854-1922) was head of the Astronomical Institute of the Czech division of Charles University in Prague from 1891 to 1914. He studied the spectroscopy of variable stars. The name was suggested by J. Ticha and M. Šolc.
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Reference: 20000523/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2013-03-29

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Alternate Designations
 1988 TC2 = 1981 UV17 = 1981 WA6 
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