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2933 Amber (1983 HN)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002933
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Orbit Viewer applet originally written and kindly provided by Osamu Ajiki (AstroArts), and further modified by Ron Baalke (JPL).


Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454800.5 (2008-Nov-30.0) TDB
Reference: MPO77284 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e 0.0489037 n/a  
a 2.6081276 n/a AU
q 2.4805805 n/a AU
i 7.22245 n/a deg
node 121.55397 n/a deg
peri 222.66129 n/a deg
M 259.13047 n/a deg
tp 2455231.5713598
(2010-Feb-04.07135981)
n/a JED
period 1538.4793559
4.21
n/a
n/a
d
yr
n 0.23399729 n/a deg/d
Q 2.7356747 n/a AU
  Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      507  
   first obs. used      1940-??-??  
   last obs. used      2005-06-07  
   # oppositions      16  
   planetary ephem.      DE403  
   quality code      0  
   fit RMS      0.61  
   data source      MPC:mpn  
   producer      MPC  

Additional Information
 T_jup = 3.398 

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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 11.70 mag n/a IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 9
diameter diameter 20.62 km 1.1 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 9
geometric albedo albedo 0.0869   0.010 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 9

2933 Amber (1983 HN)           Discovered 1983-Apr-18 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff (AM) (688)
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003--0-8-

Alternate Designations
 1983 HN = 1938 RB = 1940 CE = 1949 FT = 1950 NE1 = 1951 WT = 1978 EB1 = 1980 TE2 = A917 TE 
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