+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   2212 Hephaistos (1978 SB) Classification: Apollo [NEO]          SPK-ID: 2002212 [ 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 446 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .8376667029769949 2.8211e-08   a 2.159195571056765 5.4132e-09 au q .350509335967115 6.0971e-08 au i 11.55177461309936 5.7949e-06 deg node 27.53026120798623 2.0675e-05 deg peri 209.3949295673669 2.0469e-05 deg M 48.90011335622312 5.7147e-06 deg tp 2458843.085852017154 (2019-Dec-25.58585202) 1.7954e-05 TDB period 1158.874476650121 3.17 4.358e-06 1.193e-08 d yr n .3106462410326158 1.1682e-09 deg/d Q 3.967881806146414 9.9477e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      2556      data-arc span      15034 days (41.16 yr)      first obs. used      1978-09-27      last obs. used      2019-11-25      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .4258      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2019-Nov-26 05:03:15   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .115888 au   Jupiter MOID = 1.16219 au   T_jup = 3.099  [ 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 13.3   n/a MPO502174   diameter diameter 5.7 km n/a Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids (1994), Ed. T. Gehrels, pp.540-543 based on assumed medium albedo (0.15) rotation period rot_per 20. h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 lower-limit; Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong. Published Reference List: [Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L.; Mottola, S.; et al. (1997) Icarus 130, 275-286.] geometric albedo albedo 0.163   0.027 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[neos] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...743..156M)   B-V BV 0.766   0.037 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=2; phase (min.=15.38, mean=15.38, max.=15.38) deg. U-B UB 0.397   0.031 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=15.38 deg. Tholen spectral type spec_T SG   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 2 color indices 2212 Hephaistos           Discovered 1978 Sept. 27 by L. I. Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. This Apollo-type object is named for the god of fire and blacksmiths. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: MPC 5849 Last Updated: 2006-03-21 [ show close-approach data ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2020-Jul-06 17:36 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin