+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   994 Otthild (A923 FB) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000994 [ 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 39 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1165763129994117 4.4684e-08   a 2.528965919527273 7.9353e-09 au q 2.234148396927617 1.142e-07 au i 15.41188950171745 4.9811e-06 deg node 2.347783413105557 1.3495e-05 deg peri 342.4278471281868 2.16e-05 deg M 254.3261864198673 1.7717e-05 deg tp 2459431.699026745910 (2021-Aug-05.19902675) 7.2954e-05 TDB period 1468.96988354466 4.02 6.914e-06 1.893e-08 d yr n .2450696940983646 1.1535e-09 deg/d Q 2.82378344212693 8.8604e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      2937      data-arc span      35633 days (97.56 yr)      first obs. used      1923-03-18      last obs. used      2020-10-07      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .39071      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Nov-13 04:23:38   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.23235 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.61579 au   T_jup = 3.393  [ 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 10.19   n/a E2021B10 IRAS observations used: 4 diameter diameter 20.786 km 1.371 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   rotation period rot_per 5.95 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: [Binzel, R.P. (1987) Icarus 72, 135-208.] [Behrend, R. (2001) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html] [Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Marciniak, A.; et al. (2013) Astron. Astrophys. 551, A67.] geometric albedo albedo 0.310   0.036 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   B-V BV 0.860   0.020 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=6.74 deg. U-B UB 0.420   0.030 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=1; phase=6.74 deg. 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) 994 Otthild (A923 FB)          Discovered 1923-Mar-18 by Reinmuth, K. at Heidelberg Reference: DISCOVERY.DB Last Updated: 2003-08-29 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  A923 FB = 1960 KC = 1967 CM = 1967 EK1  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2021-Mar-02 09:30 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin