+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   17308 (6079 P-L) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2017308 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB Reference: JPL 30 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1824569518462878 1.7508e-08   a 3.186935059185727 1.8601e-08 au q 2.605456602554631 5.9889e-08 au i 21.17273706123809 5.7157e-07 deg node .04909865692949152 3.9328e-06 deg peri 91.69527988142752 6.4656e-06 deg M 142.0773974586293 7.518e-06 deg tp 2458380.373698273002 (2018-Sep-18.87369827) 4.098e-05 TDB period 2078.06078871687 5.69 1.8193e-05 4.981e-08 d yr n .173238435542729 1.5167e-09 deg/d Q 3.768413515816823 2.1995e-08 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1835      data-arc span      21842 days (59.80 yr)      first obs. used      1960-09-24      last obs. used      2020-07-13      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .41869      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Mar-17 01:31:14   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.72513 au   Jupiter MOID = 1.73137 au   T_jup = 3.068  [ 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 12.97   n/a E2021B10   diameter diameter 11.693 km 0.156 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.107   0.024 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   17308 (6079 P-L)          Discovered 1960-Sep-24 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar Reference: 20000913/Numbers.arc Last Updated: 2004-04-19 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  6079 P-L = 1977 RE8 = 1997 BA1  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Apr-12 20:13 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin