+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   2023 Asaph (1952 SA) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2002023 [ 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 32 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2792864642878185 2.7674e-08   a 2.878531374985688 1.2358e-08 au q 2.074596524924382 8.428e-08 au i 22.341394855836 7.9777e-07 deg node 3.054509499544751 3.4417e-06 deg peri 357.3058076958986 4.0853e-06 deg M 341.4079124462165 6.8448e-06 deg tp 2459292.625643239523 (2021-Mar-19.12564324) 3.4354e-05 TDB period 1783.835810276146 4.88 1.1488e-05 3.145e-08 d yr n .2018122956867147 1.2997e-09 deg/d Q 3.682466225046994 1.581e-08 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1925      data-arc span      24924 days (68.24 yr)      first obs. used      1952-09-16      last obs. used      2020-12-12      planetary ephem.      DE441      SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .43596      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Apr-12 13:15:17   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.07057 au   Jupiter MOID = 1.77415 au   T_jup = 3.129  [ 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 11.76   n/a E2021B10   diameter diameter 19.678 km 0.264 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   rotation period rot_per 89.2 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so. Published Reference List: [Pal, A.; Szakats, R.; Kiss, C.; Bodi, A.; et al. (2019) Ap. J. Supl. Ser. 247, id.26.] [Stephens, R.D.; Warner, B.D. (2020) Minor Planet Bull. 47, 224-230.] geometric albedo albedo 0.096   0.018 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   2023 Asaph (1952 SA)          Discovered 1952-Sep-16 by Goethe Link Observatory at Brooklyn Discovered by the Indiana Asteroid Program, Goethe Link Observatory, University of Indiana. This program was conceived and directed by F. K. Edmondson; the plates were blinked and measured astrometrically by B. Potter and, following her retirement, by D. Owings; and the photometry was performed under the direction of T. Gehrels. During the years 1947-1967, in which the plates were exposed, a large number of people participated in various aspects of the program. 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-May-08 18:35 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin