+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   10416 Kottler (1998 VA32) Classification: Mars-crossing Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2010416 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459396.5 (2021-Jul-01.0) TDB Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .3984388157533066 3.5205e-08   a 2.242515523261523 8.923e-09 au q 1.349010293864795 7.9501e-08 au i 20.29925042929916 5.0026e-06 deg node 257.5473103948076 1.1406e-05 deg peri 251.5564529409397 1.2627e-05 deg M 218.5958808580642 6.1746e-06 deg tp 2459878.293763342571 (2022-Oct-25.79376334) 2.3025e-05 TDB period 1226.596197167551 3.36 7.3209e-06 2.004e-08 d yr n .2934951215659319 1.7517e-09 deg/d Q 3.136020752658252 1.2478e-08 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1147      data-arc span      16465 days (45.08 yr)      first obs. used      1976-05-29      last obs. used      2021-06-27      planetary ephem.      DE441      SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .40561      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Jul-09 13:50:20   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .499373 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.3295 au   T_jup = 3.450  [ show covariance matrix ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 14.56   n/a MPCxxxxx   diameter diameter 3.157 km 0.604 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N)   geometric albedo albedo 0.272   0.111 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N)   10416 Kottler           Discovered 1998 Nov. 14 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. MIT Lincoln Laboratory associate director Herbert Kottler (b. 1939) headed the Aerospace Division (1984-1996), provided strong leadership of the Laboratory's space surveillance research (including initiating LINEAR) and led the Independent Readiness Review for the first Hubble Service Mission and the Cassini Mission for NASA. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20020724/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2003-10-02 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  1998 VA32 = 1976 KG2 = 1988 XC4  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Jul-29 10:35 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin