+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   26394 Kandola (1999 VE53) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2026394 [ 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 25 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .07431113188420875 2.946e-08   a 2.450055379 8.769e-09 au q 2.267988990607516 7.1416e-08 au i 4.203357408660083 3.0644e-06 deg node 280.6409121313112 5.8927e-05 deg peri 173.5365487467677 6.7014e-05 deg M 118.2571885657717 3.2473e-05 deg tp 2458540.362819119217 (2019-Feb-25.86281912) 0.00012546 TDB period 1400.755312434574 3.84 7.5201e-06 2.059e-08 d yr n .2570042010936972 1.3798e-09 deg/d Q 2.632121767392484 9.4206e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1672      data-arc span      9932 days (27.19 yr)      first obs. used      1993-04-18      last obs. used      2020-06-27      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .49221      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Nov-13 01:29:12   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.2848 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.48415 au   T_jup = 3.489  [ 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 14.8   n/a MPO416973   diameter diameter 6.802 km 1.889 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016AJ....152...63N)   geometric albedo albedo 0.033   0.020 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....154..168M)   26394 Kandola           Discovered 1999 Nov. 3 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro. Manjinder Singh Kandola (b. 1992) was awarded second place in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his biochemistry project. He attends the Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, Jamaica, New York, U.S.A. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 20110319/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2011-03-23 [ show close-approach data ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Jan-24 23:05 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin