+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   15347 Colinstuart (1994 UD) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015347 [ 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 27 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2249699409187233 3.5712e-08   a 2.333158262344724 6.2711e-09 au q 1.808267785911 8.3883e-08 au i 6.056092480198141 3.8282e-06 deg node 76.13567042503108 3.3073e-05 deg peri 328.0748155612564 3.3991e-05 deg M 56.12483458617719 6.7829e-06 deg tp 2458797.560167165487 (2019-Nov-10.06016717) 2.4537e-05 TDB period 1301.711450182482 3.56 5.2481e-06 1.437e-08 d yr n .2765589869778997 1.115e-09 deg/d Q 2.858048738778447 7.6819e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1548      data-arc span      9228 days (25.26 yr)      first obs. used      1994-10-26      last obs. used      2020-01-31      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .48282      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Feb-22 21:16:42   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .821078 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.54451 au   T_jup = 3.528  [ 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 14.6   n/a MPO350925   diameter diameter 4.424 km 0.470 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.157   0.065 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   15347 Colinstuart           Discovered 1994 Oct. 26 by B. G. W. Manning at Stakenbridge. Colin Stuart (b. 1986) is a British astronomy writer and presenter. He has given public astronomy talks to over 250,000 people in schools and at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, written many popular astronomy articles and space books. In 2014 he was runner up in the European Astronomy Journalism Prize. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: MPC batch dated 2017-10-05 Last Updated: 2017-10-09 [ show close-approach data ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2020-Oct-23 21:36 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin