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6790 Pingouin (1991 SF1)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006790
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2060144322400193 3.2726e-08  
a 2.341686304200692 8.2155e-09 au
q 1.859265129756558 7.8702e-08 au
i 11.1160231752867 4.9839e-06 deg
node 204.045138446356 1.87e-05 deg
peri 93.88144575517934 2.2926e-05 deg
M 297.8566706447535 1.2143e-05 deg
tp 2458826.435001831920
(2019-Dec-08.93500183)		 4.4155e-05 TDB
period 1308.8548924459
3.58		 6.8879e-06
1.886e-08		 d
yr
n .2750495888258905 1.4475e-09 deg/d
Q 2.824107478644827 9.908e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1740  
   data-arc span      10662 days (29.19 yr)  
   first obs. used      1990-03-02  
   last obs. used      2019-05-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45476  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-30 01:22:18  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = .883618 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.47549 au 
 T_jup = 3.510 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.4   n/a MPO337312  
diameter diameter 4.773 km 0.088 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 12. h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-January); Warner et al., 2009 lower-limit; Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Clark, M. (2007) Minor Planet Bull. 34, 19-22.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.371   0.073 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

6790 Pingouin           Discovered 1991 Sept. 28 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Named for an Arctic bird, similar to the penguin of Antarctica. The pingouin become extinct in Newfoundland in 1844.
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Reference: 19990728/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2010-06-11

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Alternate Designations
 1991 SF1 = 1990 EN 
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