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1719 Jens (provisional designation: 1950 DP) is a main belt asteroid about 19 km (12 miles) in diameter with an orbital period of 1583.2978264 days (4.33 years). It rotates every 5.9 hours.Jens was discovered on February 17 1950 by Karl Reinmuth from the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory then in West Germany. Reinmuth named it after his grandson.In 2010 NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite photographed Jens crossing the Tadpole Nebula.

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apoapsis (km)
4.85295e+11
average speed (km/s)
65772.0
orbital period (μ)
374112.0
periapsis (km)
3.10157e+11
absolute magnitude
11.3
albedo
0.1489
discovery date
1950-02-17
discoverer
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
epoch
August 27 2011 (JD 2455800.5)
former name
1922 SC 1939 PP 1939 TD 1941 BB 1948 RQ 1948 RS1 1948 TS1 1950 DP 1961 TZ1
rotation period (s)
2.11334e+08

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