+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   17496 Augustinus (1992 DM2) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2017496 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB Reference: JPL 28 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1727545560737904 3.9621e-08   a 2.313826177386072 1.0042e-08 au q 1.914102163279825 9.3972e-08 au i 7.126338018507278 4.4499e-06 deg node 32.00900817284645 3.4215e-05 deg peri 204.8211503802984 3.6524e-05 deg M 310.1193781453098 1.3381e-05 deg tp 2459178.624591119036 (2020-Nov-25.12459112) 4.7989e-05 TDB period 1285.566426771073 3.52 8.3687e-06 2.291e-08 d yr n .2800322040955935 1.8229e-09 deg/d Q 2.713550191492318 1.1776e-08 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1260      data-arc span      17923 days (49.07 yr)      first obs. used      1971-05-13      last obs. used      2020-06-07      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .53629      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Jun-23 18:11:00   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .905487 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.29309 au   T_jup = 3.552  [ 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 14.9   n/a MPO416896   diameter diameter 2.297 km 0.125 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.193   0.041 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   17496 Augustinus           Discovered 1992 Feb. 29 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg. Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), born in North Africa, converted to Christianity in Milan and was bishop of the antique town Hippo from 395. His principal works De Civitate Dei, De Trinitate Dei and Confessiones, strongly influenced Christian theology and ethics. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20010902/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2009-05-11 Alternate Designations  1992 DM2 = 1999 CD52  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2020-Sep-19 07:13 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin