+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   3703 Volkonskaya (1978 PU3) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003703 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB Reference: JPL 43 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1345252424631285 6.5484e-08   a 2.331419033525876 1.4107e-08 AU q 2.017784322757655 1.5346e-07 AU i 6.738547127351771 7.0567e-06 deg node 172.9635555973229 5.0844e-05 deg peri 151.9177002357117 5.6949e-05 deg M 267.0667692294704 2.5362e-05 deg tp 2456736.158359801840 (2014-Mar-19.65835980) 9.2637e-05 JED period 1300.256200357789 3.56 1.1802e-05 3.231e-08 d yr n .2768685124523454 2.513e-09 deg/d Q 2.645053744294097 1.6005e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1135      data-arc span      21800 days (59.69 yr)      first obs. used      1953-08-15      last obs. used      2013-04-22      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .52428      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 12:59:08   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.00887 AU   T_jup = 3.549  [ show covariance matrix ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 14.3 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 28110)   rotation period rot_per 3.235 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Published Reference List: [Ryan, W.H.; Ryan, E.V. (2007) UNPUBLISHED.] 3703 Volkonskaya (1978 PU3)          Discovered 1978-Aug-09 by Chernykh, L. and Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj Reference: DISCOVERY.DB Last Updated: 2003-08-29 Alternate Designations  1978 PU3 = 1977 EK6  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-May-20 18:22 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin