Skip Page Navigation
NASA JPL Caltech
NASA Logo - Jet Propulsion Laboratory + View the NASA Portal
+ Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
JPL Home Earth Solar System Stars & Galaxies Technology
JPL Solar System Dynamics
BODIES ORBITS EPHEMERIDES TOOLS PHYSICAL DATA DISCOVERY FAQ SITE MAP
IMPORTANT: The SSD Announcement email list is now available. Major changes are coming in the near future, including possible hostname and/or URL changes. To be notified of such changes, subscribe to this email list.

Please visit this page for more details.


JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Search: [ help ]  
17303 (4629 P-L)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2017303
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ]

[ show orbit diagram ]
Orbital Elements at Epoch 2458600.5 (2019-Apr-27.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 20 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .05688871252217398 4.586e-08  
a 2.228312567093897 8.7981e-09 au
q 2.101546734054944 1.0319e-07 au
i 5.850818096584263 5.2379e-06 deg
node 171.8968064216677 3.6046e-05 deg
peri 186.7733130078773 5.0322e-05 deg
M 226.5676368861203 3.6618e-05 deg
tp 2459050.820033566734
(2020-Jul-20.32003357)		 0.00012448 TDB
period 1214.961710193685
3.33		 7.1956e-06
1.97e-08		 d
yr
n .2963056341443139 1.7549e-09 deg/d
Q 2.355078400132849 9.2986e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      951  
   data-arc span      21413 days (58.63 yr)  
   first obs. used      1960-09-24  
   last obs. used      2019-05-11  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .56099  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-May-30 02:30:19  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.09622 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.84912 au 
 T_jup = 3.635 
[ show covariance matrix ]

[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ]

Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 15.6   n/a MPO431698  
diameter diameter 1.816 km 0.366 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.371   0.220 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

17303 (4629 P-L)          Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar
Reference: 20000913/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 4629 P-L = 1999 JD107 
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ]
ABOUT SSD CREDITS/AWARDS PRIVACY/COPYRIGHT GLOSSARY LINKS
FirstGov 2020-Jan-24 08:25 UT
(server date/time)   		NASA Home Page
Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park
Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin