+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   246 Asporina (A885 EA) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000246 [ 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 53 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1095677167450708 3.263e-08   a 2.693556946760686 6.3765e-09 au q 2.398430062181294 8.9276e-08 au i 15.62130788640673 3.5463e-06 deg node 162.2894296074558 1.2706e-05 deg peri 96.14092079034914 2.1736e-05 deg M 125.0524105595356 1.7557e-05 deg tp 2458439.610594858689 (2018-Nov-17.11059486) 7.7942e-05 TDB period 1614.684474672647 4.42 5.7337e-06 1.57e-08 d yr n .2229537755808202 7.917e-10 deg/d Q 2.988683831340079 7.0752e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      3122      data-arc span      49560 days (135.69 yr)      first obs. used      1885-03-08      last obs. used      2020-11-15      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .42906      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Dec-18 01:52:04   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.44459 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.19709 au   T_jup = 3.309  [ 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 8.4   n/a MPO502155 IRAS observations used: 19 diameter diameter 50.891 km 0.439 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)   rotation period rot_per 16.222 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List: [Harris, A.W.; Young, J.W. (1983) Icarus 54, 59-109.] [Behrend, R. (2001) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Behrend, R. (2004) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Durech, J. (2006) IAU 2006, poster paper.] [Behrend, R. (2009) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Behrend, R. (2010) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Lucas, M.P.; Ryan, J.; Fauerbach, M.; Grasso, S. (2011) Minor Planet Bull. 38, 218-220.] [Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D.A.; Behrend, R.; et al. (2016) Astron. Astrophys. 586, A108.] [Behrend, R. (2018) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] geometric albedo albedo 0.193   0.032 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   B-V BV 0.990   0.013 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=7.32, mean=11.95, max.=16.58) deg. U-B UB 0.602   0.038 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=7.32, mean=11.95, max.=16.58) deg. Tholen spectral type spec_T A   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo SMASSII spectral type spec_B A   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002) 246 Asporina (A885 EA)          Discovered 1885-Mar-06 by Borrelly, A. at Marseille Reference: DISCOVERY.DB Last Updated: 2003-08-29 [ show close-approach data ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Jan-26 22:00 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin