+ 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 25 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2383935434997402 2.7747e-08   a 2.344449869600592 7.0726e-09 au q 1.785548157629003 6.4403e-08 au i 4.916295649189041 3.6287e-06 deg node 219.7444882885386 3.5512e-05 deg peri 122.245889881626 3.6205e-05 deg M 63.65911151499499 6.977e-06 deg tp 2458968.644220934014 (2020-Apr-29.14422093) 2.5078e-05 TDB period 1311.172563947804 3.59 5.9332e-06 1.624e-08 d yr n .2745634021780303 1.2424e-09 deg/d Q 2.903351581572181 8.7586e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1268      data-arc span      10720 days (29.35 yr)      first obs. used      1991-09-12      last obs. used      2021-01-17      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .53073      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Feb-24 03:09:44   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-Feb-25 05:50 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin