Skip Page Navigation
NASA JPL Caltech
NASA Logo - Jet Propulsion Laboratory + View the NASA Portal
+ Center for Near-Earth Object Studies
JPL Home Earth Solar System Stars & Galaxies Technology
JPL Solar System Dynamics
BODIES ORBITS EPHEMERIDES TOOLS PHYSICAL DATA DISCOVERY FAQ SITE MAP
JPL Small-Body Database Browser
Search: [ help ]  
28 Bellona (A854 EA)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000028
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ]

[ hide orbit diagram ]

For accurate long-term ephemerides, please instead use our Horizons system.This orbit viewer was implemented using two-body methods, and hence should not be used for determining accurate long-term trajectories (over several years or decades) or planetary encounter circumstances.


Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459200.5 (2020-Dec-17.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 109 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1516839627593288 2.9917e-08  
a 2.775723896629095 5.0325e-09 au
q 2.354691096462628 8.3575e-08 au
i 9.430440104557819 3.5437e-06 deg
node 144.287081992626 1.5886e-05 deg
peri 343.9596221781006 1.8393e-05 deg
M 41.42652552484913 1.0296e-05 deg
tp 2459006.125704272982
(2020-Jun-05.62570427)		 4.81e-05 TDB
period 1689.129019998388
4.62		 4.5937e-06
1.258e-08		 d
yr
n .213127591639118 5.7961e-10 deg/d
Q 3.196756696795561 5.7958e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2994  
   data-arc span      60044 days (164.39 yr)  
   first obs. used      1856-09-29  
   last obs. used      2021-02-20  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .53597  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-12 10:10:49  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.37089 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.85702 au 
 T_jup = 3.299 
[ 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 7.24   n/a E2021B10 IRAS observations used: 18
diameter diameter 120.90 km 3.4 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 18
rotation period rot_per 15.706 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Harris, A.W.; Young, J.W. (1983) Icarus 54, 59-109.]
[Behrend, R. (2006) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Behrend, R. (2007) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Warner, B.D. (2007) Minor Planet Bull. 34, 104-107.]
[Behrend, R. (2008) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Durech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Warner, B.D.; Fauerbach, M.; et al. (2009) Astron. Astrophys. 493, 291-297.]
[Durech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Herald, D.; Dunham, D.; et al. (2011) Icarus 214, 652-670.]
[Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.]
[Pilcher, F. (2011) Minor Planet Bull. 38, 156-158.]
[Behrend, R. (2012) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html]
[Hanus, J.; Marchis, F.; Durech, J. (2013) Icarus 226, 1045-1057.]
[Viikinkoski, M.; Hanus, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Marchis, F.; Durech, J. (2017) Astron. Astrophys. 607, A117.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.1763   0.010 IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0 IRAS observations used: 18
B-V BV 0.845   0.010 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=6; phase (min.=1.74, mean=10.22, max.=22.69) deg.
U-B UB 0.469   0.027 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=3; phase (min.=14.00, mean=17.13, max.=22.69) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo
SMASSII spectral type spec_B S   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 based on a high-resolution spectrum by Xu et al. (1995) or Bus and Binzel (2002)

28 Bellona (A854 EA)          Discovered 1854-Mar-01 by Luther, R. at Dusseldorf
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

[ show close-approach data ]
Alternate Designations
 A854 EA = 1951 CC2 
[ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ]
ABOUT SSD CREDITS/AWARDS PRIVACY/COPYRIGHT GLOSSARY LINKS
FirstGov 2021-Apr-20 02:14 UT
(server date/time)   		NASA Home Page
Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park
Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin