+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   6871 Verlaine (1993 BE8) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2006871 [ 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 30 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .04678426905760978 3.084e-08   a 2.196506645074524 5.9924e-09 au q 2.09374468720453 6.8534e-08 au i 3.776356630929397 3.8982e-06 deg node 186.0824406321903 4.3735e-05 deg peri 207.8417216219815 5.872e-05 deg M 299.1827046208001 3.9354e-05 deg tp 2459401.373113415430 (2021-Jul-05.87311342) 0.00013015 TDB period 1189.042037773467 3.26 4.8659e-06 1.332e-08 d yr n .3027647371274743 1.239e-09 deg/d Q 2.299268602944518 6.2728e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      1964      data-arc span      16507 days (45.19 yr)      first obs. used      1975-10-03      last obs. used      2020-12-12      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .51519      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Feb-24 01:33:51   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.09826 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.85088 au   T_jup = 3.664  [ 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 14.77   n/a E2021B10   diameter diameter 2.711 km 0.467 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.289   0.142 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   6871 Verlaine (1993 BE8)          Discovered 1993-Jan-23 by Elst, E. W. at La Silla Reference: DISCOVERY.DB Last Updated: 2003-08-29 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  1993 BE8 = 1975 TB2 = 1977 EK8 = 1990 GU = 1991 OX = 1991 PN21  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Mar-07 09:50 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin