+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   9492 Veltman (2066 T-1) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2009492 [ 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 .1353713444664408 6.9437e-08   a 2.183916251875125 1.2611e-08 AU q 1.888276572656679 1.531e-07 AU i 2.905980133755636 6.6047e-06 deg node 136.418679086972 0.00013568 deg peri 252.8912976557382 0.00013826 deg M 154.6988637646741 2.4006e-05 deg tp 2455893.932853356375 (2011-Nov-28.43285336) 7.8479e-05 JED period 1178.833304613762 3.23 1.0211e-05 2.796e-08 d yr n .305386689187537 2.6453e-09 deg/d Q 2.479555931093571 1.4319e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      829      data-arc span      15368 days (42.08 yr)      first obs. used      1971-03-24      last obs. used      2013-04-20      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .54035      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:35:55   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .894876 AU   T_jup = 3.665  [ 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 14.7 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 32651)   9492 Veltman           Discovered 1971 Mar. 25 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. Martinus J. G. Veltman (b. 1931) is professor of physics at the Universities of Utrecht and Michigan. Together with his colleague G. 't Hooft he won the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics, awarded for placing particle physics theory on a firmer mathematical foundation and for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20000320/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2013-03-29 Alternate Designations  2066 T-1 = 1979 XF1 = 1985 RR2 = 1990 BR2 = 1992 YD4  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-May-22 21:04 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin