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 ]  
3618 Kuprin (1979 QP8)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2003618
[ 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 41 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .1781964393018932 1.7365e-08  
a 3.155798123072432 1.3911e-08 au
q 2.593446134385327 5.5981e-08 au
i 2.023820433971239 4.5331e-07 deg
node 231.9238159307772 4.039e-05 deg
peri 101.0283871073988 4.0555e-05 deg
M 153.2364046203323 8.8134e-06 deg
tp 2458328.891012045854
(2018-Jul-29.39101205)		 4.7612e-05 TDB
period 2047.680748193818
5.61		 1.3539e-05
3.707e-08		 d
yr
n .1758086558744777 1.1624e-09 deg/d
Q 3.718150111759537 1.6389e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2686  
   data-arc span      21411 days (58.62 yr)  
   first obs. used      1962-08-01  
   last obs. used      2021-03-15  
   planetary ephem.      DE441  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .45375  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2021-Apr-12 15:20:09  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.58228 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 1.66726 au 
 T_jup = 3.180 
[ 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 12.52   n/a E2021B10  
diameter diameter 16.106 km 0.341 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
rotation period rot_per 9.24 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2020-October); Warner et al., 2009 Result based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.
Published Reference List:
[Kurtenkov, A.; Teneva, D.; Todorov, L.; Stoyanov, S. (2014) Minor Planet Bull. 41, 36.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.068   0.009 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

3618 Kuprin (1979 QP8)          Discovered 1979-Aug-20 by Chernykh, N. at Nauchnyj
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

[ show close-approach data ]
Alternate Designations
 1979 QP8 = 1962 PA = 1974 WU = 1977 EA5 
[ 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-23 12:29 UT
(server date/time)   		NASA Home Page
Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park
Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin