+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   8348 Bhattacharyya (1988 BX) Classification: Inner Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2008348 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456400.5 (2013-Apr-18.0) TDB Reference: MPO253422 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e 0.0677302 n/a   a 1.8697893 n/a AU q 1.7431481 n/a AU i 19.00074 n/a deg node 290.86394 n/a deg peri 119.46205 n/a deg M 22.08186 n/a deg tp 2456343.2176846 (2013-Feb-19.71768460) n/a JED period 933.8721257 2.56 n/a n/a d yr n 0.38549175 n/a deg/d Q 1.9964305 n/a AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      702      first obs. used      1988-??-??      last obs. used      2013-02-08      # oppositions      12      planetary ephem.      DE403      condition code      0      fit RMS      0.48      data source      MPC:mpn      producer      MPCLINUX   Additional Information  T_jup = 3.914  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 13.7 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 31354)   rotation period rot_per 19.58 h n/a Asteroid Lightcurve DataBase (Rev. 2013-May-01) Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so. Published Reference List: [Warner, B.D. (2012) http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/PDO/PDOLig htcurves.htm] [Warner, B.D. (2013). Minor Planet Bul. 40, 36-42.] 8348 Bhattacharyya           Discovered 1988 Jan. 26 by R. Rajamohan at Kavalur. Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya (b. 1930) participated in the discoveries of the atmosphere of Jupiter III (Ganymede) and the rings of Uranus. Also an eminent solar astronomer, he was director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore and was instrumental in the completion of the 2.3-m telescope at Kavalur. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20080819/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2008-08-25 Alternate Designations  1988 BX = 1970 AQ = 1988 CE7 = 1993 BP2  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-Jun-20 06:10 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin