+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   4390 Madreteresa (1976 GO8) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2004390 [ 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 1 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2387919740944776 5.0296e-08   a 2.399331941711149 1.1404e-08 AU q 1.826390730842008 1.2319e-07 AU i 10.72578160822482 1.0459e-05 deg node 347.992208149277 3.0113e-05 deg peri 267.9891175551009 3.8558e-05 deg M 304.6098174699201 2.4933e-05 deg tp 2456609.364305362769 (2013-Nov-12.86430536) 9.4386e-05 JED period 1357.481533659215 3.72 9.6784e-06 2.65e-08 d yr n .2651969776926447 1.8908e-09 deg/d Q 2.97227315258029 1.4128e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1001      data-arc span      13526 days (37.03 yr)      first obs. used      1976-04-05      last obs. used      2013-04-17      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .53638      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:03:14   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .85071 AU   T_jup = 3.464  [ 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 13.5 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 28111)   SMASSII spectral type spec_B Cgh   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002) 4390 Madreteresa           Discovered 1976 Apr. 5 at the Carlos U. Cesco Station of the Felix Aguilar Observatory. Named in memory of Albanian-born Ines Gonxha Bojaxhiu (1910-1997), better known as Mother Theresa of Calcutta, who devoted her life to helping sick, destitute and homeless people, first in India and then in the rest of the world. Among her many awards, in 1979 she received the Nobel Peace Prize. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 19980411/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2009-11-17 Alternate Designations  1976 GO8 = 1984 SN5  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-May-25 21:26 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin