+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   70734 (1999 VS8) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2070734 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2114415064690202 3.2267e-08   a 2.578901435840716 1.215e-08 au q 2.033614631211436 8.4341e-08 au i 13.58225773288637 4.5884e-06 deg node 120.4500365024238 1.6456e-05 deg peri 277.9263732525864 2.0992e-05 deg M 358.2106426338748 1.4603e-05 deg tp 2459008.018741046629 (2020-Jun-07.51874105) 6.1388e-05 TDB period 1512.692113955847 4.14 1.069e-05 2.927e-08 d yr n .2379863005027259 1.6818e-09 deg/d Q 3.124188240469997 1.4719e-08 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      746      data-arc span      10538 days (28.85 yr)      first obs. used      1992-01-10      last obs. used      2020-11-16      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .56377      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Dec-17 21:55:04   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.09342 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.4248 au   T_jup = 3.355  [ hide covariance matrix ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2456924.5 (2014-Sep-24.0) TDB Reference: JPL 24 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2129822041607532 3.2515e-08   q 2.029504101232471 8.5221e-08 au tp 2457491.209757410538 (2016-Apr-12.70975741) 5.5347e-05 TDB node 120.6631942873069 1.6491e-05 deg peri 277.0868775289959 2.0881e-05 deg i 13.56759559219745 4.5857e-06 deg   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      746      data-arc span      10538 days (28.85 yr)      first obs. used      1992-01-10      last obs. used      2020-11-16      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .56377      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Dec-17 21:55:04   Additional Information  Jupiter MOID = 2.4248 au   T_jup = 3.355  Orbit Covariance (6×6)   e q tp node peri i e 1.057241435456625E-15 -2.753044018423562E-15 -3.777260368191017E-13 8.331378310405352E-15 -7.671859230522088E-14 1.248667192972606E-15 q -2.753044018423562E-15 7.262534206274481E-15 1.20368541796176E-12 -2.46186271247452E-14 2.423845185684589E-13 -2.508205064102673E-15 tp -3.777260368191017E-13 1.20368541796176E-12 3.063258050806606E-9 -3.803440036487512E-11 7.227021731694258E-10 4.76909091837387E-12 node 8.331378310405352E-15 -2.46186271247452E-14 -3.803440036487512E-11 2.719509257725119E-10 -2.7205465895096E-10 9.699765508593902E-12 peri -7.671859230522088E-14 2.423845185684589E-13 7.227021731694258E-10 -2.7205465895096E-10 4.360022203325371E-10 -8.46506699181723E-12 i 1.248667192972606E-15 -2.508205064102673E-15 4.76909091837387E-12 9.699765508593902E-12 -8.46506699181723E-12 2.102876501632616E-11 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 15.2   n/a MPO432260   diameter diameter 3.374 km 0.598 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.118   0.052 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   70734 (1999 VS8)          Discovered 1999-Nov-08 by Juels, C. W. at Fountain Hills Reference: 20031109/Numbers.arc Last Updated: 2004-04-19 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2021-Jan-25 23:59 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin