+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   24712 Boltzmann (1991 RP3) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2024712 [ 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 26 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2383935386649136 2.7328e-08   a 2.344449868744869 7.0254e-09 au q 1.785548168312287 6.3297e-08 au i 4.916295532399364 3.5664e-06 deg node 219.7444892762822 3.5084e-05 deg peri 122.2458884572208 3.5776e-05 deg M 63.65911170889131 6.9768e-06 deg tp 2458968.644220354756 (2020-Apr-29.14422035) 2.5077e-05 TDB period 1311.172563229938 3.59 5.8936e-06 1.614e-08 d yr n .2745634023283536 1.2341e-09 deg/d Q 2.903351569177451 8.7002e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1281      data-arc span      10745 days (29.42 yr)      first obs. used      1991-09-12      last obs. used      2021-02-11      planetary ephem.      DE441      SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .52896      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Apr-13 04:47:47   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .781941 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.53281 au   T_jup = 3.518  [ 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 15.39   n/a E2021B10   diameter diameter 2.273 km 0.128 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.284   0.044 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   24712 Boltzmann           Discovered 1991 Sept. 12 by F. Borngen and L. D. Schmadel at Tautenburg. Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906) confirmed Maxwellian electrodynamics experimentally in 1872 and is one of the founders of the kinetic theory of gases. He explained thermodynamics in terms of statistical mechanics and black-body radiation. The name was suggested by the first discoverer. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20010804/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2009-05-11 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  1991 RP3 = 1998 OF15  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Jun-23 03:53 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin