+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   8132 Vitginzburg (1976 YA6) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2008132 [ 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 .1046473140356299 9.0824e-08   a 2.626686330480095 2.5949e-08 AU q 2.351810661181248 2.393e-07 AU i 14.17750558971554 8.2236e-06 deg node 73.51777708323745 3.0088e-05 deg peri 159.4573708740999 4.6084e-05 deg M 56.24432450458577 3.4485e-05 deg tp 2456157.566754436968 (2012-Aug-18.06675444) 0.00014925 JED period 1554.929660423976 4.26 2.3042e-05 6.309e-08 d yr n .2315217267782005 3.4308e-09 deg/d Q 2.901561999778942 2.8665e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      824      data-arc span      13268 days (36.33 yr)      first obs. used      1976-12-18      last obs. used      2013-04-16      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .5325      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:29:46   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.34428 AU   T_jup = 3.351  [ 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 12.1 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 31071)   rotation period rot_per 7.28 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Published Reference List: [Brinsfield, J.W. (2008) Minor Planet Bul. 35, 179-181.] 8132 Vitginzburg           Discovered 1976 Dec. 18 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg (b. 1916), winner of the Nobel Prize for physics in 2003, is an outstanding specialist in theoretical physics. His main achievements are in the theory of particles with spin 3\over2 and in the quantum theory of Cerenkov radiation. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20060809/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2007-08-08 Alternate Designations  1976 YA6 = 1991 JJ1  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-May-22 10:38 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin