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6832 Kawabata (1992 FP)
Classification: Outer Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006832
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1483819993297816 4.1107e-08  
a 3.222093769679911 2.0345e-08 au
q 2.743993054106773 1.3057e-07 au
i 1.887282707439252 4.6861e-06 deg
node 52.16653913752024 0.00013348 deg
peri 179.5082436975578 0.00013433 deg
M 222.3490385905117 1.6866e-05 deg
tp 2459408.260175945134
(2021-Jul-12.76017595)		 0.00010135 TDB
period 2112.543641995978
5.78		 2.0008e-05
5.478e-08		 d
yr
n .170410680680596 1.614e-09 deg/d
Q 3.70019448525305 2.3364e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1648  
   data-arc span      14974 days (41.00 yr)  
   first obs. used      1978-11-29  
   last obs. used      2019-11-28  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .54336  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-03 21:36:23  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.73331 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.29442 au 
 T_jup = 3.170 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.0   n/a MPO337312  
diameter diameter 11.802 km 0.107 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.116   0.007 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

6832 Kawabata           Discovered 1992 Mar. 23 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami.
Named in memory of Yasunari Kawabata (1899-1972), Japanese novelist and author of "Izu no Odoriko". He was awarded the 1968 Nobel Prize in literature.
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Reference: 19980808/MPCPages.arcLast Updated: 2009-11-17

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Alternate Designations
 1992 FP = 1978 WG9 = 1990 XR1 
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