+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   12014 Bobhawkes (1996 VX15) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2012014 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB Reference: JPL 34 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .157505458312545 3.3323e-08   a 2.389686190356951 6.5193e-09 au q 2.01329757172162 8.1329e-08 au i 1.74635149090333 3.4595e-06 deg node 202.6816028283726 0.00010136 deg peri 357.7078096886958 0.00010182 deg M 353.2045647305207 1.0294e-05 deg tp 2459025.969740303966 (2020-Jun-25.46974030) 3.8605e-05 TDB period 1349.303781997508 3.69 5.5215e-06 1.512e-08 d yr n .2668042621707147 1.0918e-09 deg/d Q 2.766074808992283 7.5461e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      2471      data-arc span      12162 days (33.30 yr)      first obs. used      1987-04-21      last obs. used      2020-08-07      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .45959      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Nov-13 02:55:47   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.01062 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.19194 au   T_jup = 3.515  [ 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 13.8   n/a MPO319235   diameter diameter 4.686 km 0.160 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.292   0.053 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   12014 Bobhawkes           Discovered 1996 Nov. 5 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak. Robert Lewis Hawkes (b. 1951) became head of the physics department at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, in 2000. His graduate work at the University of Western Ontario in 1979 was on the dustball theory of meteoroids. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20020128/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2003-10-02 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  1996 VX15 = 1987 HB1  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Jan-28 06:43 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin