+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   5701 Baltuck (1929 VS) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2005701 [ 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 .1941925255339457 6.9106e-08   a 2.75114651417709 1.6066e-08 AU q 2.21689442447513 1.9125e-07 AU i 6.23518058132347 7.376e-06 deg node 35.06064093143377 6.4469e-05 deg peri 348.3153648121601 6.6319e-05 deg M 104.9900899370214 1.8442e-05 deg tp 2455914.412096812392 (2011-Dec-18.91209681) 8.4135e-05 JED period 1666.744406567402 4.56 1.46e-05 3.997e-08 d yr n .2159899253787847 1.892e-09 deg/d Q 3.285398603879051 1.9186e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1048      data-arc span      30481 days (83.45 yr)      first obs. used      1929-10-26      last obs. used      2013-04-09      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .51435      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:18:06   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.22034 AU   T_jup = 3.309  [ 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 28114)   rotation period rot_per 4.8328 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Published Reference List: [Oey, J. (2012) Minor Planet Bul. 39, 145-147.] 5701 Baltuck           Discovered 1929 Oct. 26 by C. W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory. Miriam Baltuck (b. 1954), NASA's representative in Australia and southeast Asia from 1997 to 2002, also served for three years as science and technology advisor at the U.S. embassy in Canberra. In Apr. 2005 she became director of university advancement at the Australian National University. 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  1929 VS = 1956 RO = 1961 VC = 1987 KS = 1991 GS2  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2013-May-22 10:10 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin