+ View the NASA Portal + Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Search JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   9680 Molina (3557 P-L) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2009680 [ 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 .1085956889393344 6.5352e-08   a 2.270692843435641 1.2969e-08 AU q 2.024105389733132 1.4609e-07 AU i 4.656962181005739 7.7788e-06 deg node 312.5026980736444 7.0962e-05 deg peri 149.9800363488288 8.3189e-05 deg M 49.43196274222441 3.8649e-05 deg tp 2456228.890483482753 (2012-Oct-28.39048348) 0.00013418 JED period 1249.787030880675 3.42 1.0707e-05 2.931e-08 d yr n .2880490764465065 2.4678e-09 deg/d Q 2.51728029713815 1.4378e-08 AU   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      820      data-arc span      21745 days (59.53 yr)      first obs. used      1953-10-01      last obs. used      2013-04-14      planetary ephem.      DE405      SB-pert. ephem.      SB405-CPV-2      condition code      0      fit RMS      .5393      data source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2013-Apr-29 13:36:51   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.04188 AU   T_jup = 3.601  [ 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 14.1 mag n/a PDS3 (MPC 32908)   9680 Molina           Discovered 1960 Oct. 22 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. Mario J. Molina (b. 1943) was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry, awarded for work in atmospheric chemistry. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20001111/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2013-03-29 Alternate Designations  3557 P-L = 1989 BM1  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2013-May-19 23:32 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Donald K. Yeomans Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin