+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   26168 Kanaikiyotaka (1995 WT8) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2026168 [ 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 .1626239917839544 2.9181e-08   a 2.234059692037079 7.9348e-09 au q 1.870747987034378 6.5801e-08 au i 4.707864691744867 3.7665e-06 deg node 248.067300208108 4.3324e-05 deg peri 31.71825712173106 4.5455e-05 deg M 306.8533059256268 1.613e-05 deg tp 2459380.558795399667 (2021-Jun-15.05879540) 5.5213e-05 TDB period 1219.665069913282 3.34 6.4979e-06 1.779e-08 d yr n .2951629991548383 1.5725e-09 deg/d Q 2.597371397039781 9.2252e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1317      data-arc span      15183 days (41.57 yr)      first obs. used      1978-10-27      last obs. used      2020-05-22      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .51879      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Nov-13 01:30:29   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .854418 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.52373 au   T_jup = 3.618  [ 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 15.49   n/a E2021B10   diameter diameter 2.259 km 0.745 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.138   0.133 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   26168 Kanaikiyotaka           Discovered 1995 Nov. 24 by T. Niijima at Ojima. Kiyotaka Kanai (b. 1951), a Japanese amateur astronomer, is a key member of the group Ota Uchuno Kai. A devoted observer of small bodies, he independently discovered C/1970 B1 and co-discovered (7752) Otauchunokai. Recently, he has become well known as a variable star observer. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20020921/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2003-10-02 [ hide close-approach data ] Close-Approach Data   ...sorted by Date/Time (TDB) Date/Time (TDB) Time Uncertainty (days_HH:MM) Body Nominal Distance (au) Minimum Distance (au) Maximum Distance (au) V-relative (km/s) V-infinity (km/s) JD (TDB) Time Uncertainty (minutes) Semi-major axis (km) Semi-minor axis (km) range-LOV angle (deg) N-sigma BP Orbit Ref. Reference Modified 2037-Jan-20 03:18 < 00:01 Juno 0.0294466560722339 0.0294452435324575 0.0294480688486442 8.39668842207603 8.39668837287185 2465078.637723163 0.200907371228855 191.388566685603 47.4089006032687 73.6879568908705 89389.8757527828 T 26 CATAB v2.0f-lin.ifort 2020-Nov-13 01:30:32 2020-Nov-13 01:30 Alternate Designations  1995 WT8 = 1978 UT4 = 1998 SV99  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Mar-05 11:16 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin