+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   10437 van der Kruit (6085 P-L) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2010437 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB Reference: JPL 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2260129030789733 8.3039e-08   a 2.368150488278568 6.5208e-09 AU q 1.832917921494841 1.9719e-07 AU i 1.779697241172122 7.6863e-06 deg node 197.7573140177468 0.00022572 deg peri 120.5512087992033 0.0002261 deg M 176.3095941755823 1.4015e-05 deg tp 2455748.592740481102 (2011-Jul-06.09274048) 5.1278e-05 JED period 1331.105176233829 3.64 5.4979e-06 1.505e-08 d yr n .2704519570861924 1.1171e-09 deg/d Q 2.903383055062295 7.9946e-09 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      660      data-arc span      19184 days (52.52 yr)      first obs. used      1960-09-24      last obs. used      2013-04-03      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .58763      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:39:57   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .820386 AU   T_jup = 3.511  [ show covariance matrix ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 15.5 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 34168)   10437 van der Kruit           Discovered 1960 Sept. 24 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. Piet van der Kruit (b. 1944), a professor of astronomy at Groningen, works mainly on the structure of galaxies, using the radio synthesis telescope at Westerbork. Among his early successes were the radio-continuum maps of M51. The citation was prepared by U. Schwarz. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20010705/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2009-05-11 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  6085 P-L = 1971 SH4 = 1995 CE6  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2013-May-19 19:37 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin