+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   4479 Charlieparker (1985 CP1) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2004479 [ 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 .1009549867181931 7.7855e-08   a 2.754687692187685 1.9049e-08 AU q 2.476588232810107 2.1481e-07 AU i 5.310623462117233 7.0107e-06 deg node 157.3868037236173 7.1174e-05 deg peri 55.97892105588196 7.6755e-05 deg M 354.7338775078484 2.9222e-05 deg tp 2456424.928423235831 (2013-May-12.42842324) 0.00013554 JED period 1669.96350312883 4.57 1.7322e-05 4.743e-08 d yr n .2155735735095449 2.2361e-09 deg/d Q 3.032787151565262 2.0972e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1110      data-arc span      14978 days (41.01 yr)      first obs. used      1972-04-19      last obs. used      2013-04-22      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .54554      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:03:50   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.47581 AU   T_jup = 3.330  [ 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 12.7 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 28111)   SMASSII spectral type spec_B S   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) 4479 Charlieparker           Discovered 1985 Feb. 10 by H. Debehogne at the European Southern Observatory. Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920-1955) was one of the greatest masters of the alto saxophone. Because of his brilliant use of chords and arpeggios, he has usually been named the principal inventor of bebop, which led to the development of modern jazz. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20051215/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2006-03-22 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  1985 CP1 = 1972 HZ = 1987 SW28  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2013-May-20 06:59 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin