+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   372 Palma (A893 QB) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000372 [ 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 87 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2572821880837679 3.4638e-08   a 3.154192396086237 7.5412e-09 au q 2.342674874783987 1.0894e-07 au i 23.83004443686 4.871e-06 deg node 327.29611402 1.0354e-05 deg peri 115.6337017547608 1.4574e-05 deg M 197.7877955594138 9.207e-06 deg tp 2460122.459243943864 (2023-Jun-26.95924394) 5.4433e-05 TDB period 2046.118101683025 5.60 7.338e-06 2.009e-08 d yr n .175942923188981 6.3098e-10 deg/d Q 3.965709917388486 9.4815e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      2567      data-arc span      46406 days (127.05 yr)      first obs. used      1893-08-22      last obs. used      2020-09-11      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .4434      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Feb-23 18:11:02   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.45463 au   Jupiter MOID = 1.57272 au   T_jup = 3.026  [ 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 7.46   n/a E2021B10   diameter diameter 173.642 km 2.840 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   rotation period rot_per 8.567 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List: [Zappala, V.; Scaltriti, F.; Di Martino, M. (1983) Icarus 56, 325-344.] [Piironen, J.; Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Erikson, A.; Oja, T.; et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 128, 525-540.] [Torppa, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Michalowski, T.; Kwiatkowski, T.; et al. (2003) Icarus 164, 346-383.] [Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Behrend, R. (2011) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Durech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Herald, D.; Dunham, D.; et al. (2011) Icarus 214, 652-670.] [Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.] [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] [Colazo, M.; Fornari, C.; Santucho, M.; Mottino, A.; et al. (2020) Minor Planet Bull. 47, 188-191.] [Pal, A.; Szakats, R.; Kiss, C.; Bodi, A.; et al. (2019) Ap. J. Supl. Ser. 247, id.26.] geometric albedo albedo 0.059   0.009 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   Tholen spectral type spec_T BFC   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a medium resolution spectrum published by Chapman and Gaffey (1979) SMASSII spectral type spec_B B   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) 372 Palma (A893 QB)          Discovered 1893-Aug-19 by Charlois, A. at Nice Reference: DISCOVERY.DB Last Updated: 2003-08-29 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  A893 QB = 1940 CN = 1949 SP1  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Mar-02 18:44 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin