+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   7635 Carolinesmith (1983 VH1) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2007635 [ 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 34 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .1007377531578478 4.019e-08   a 3.088312602209002 1.7735e-08 au q 2.777202929613401 1.3063e-07 au i 11.08905885329581 4.0418e-06 deg node 78.83362370377266 2.1608e-05 deg peri 317.1994228338249 3.0577e-05 deg M 276.8696545283948 2.3411e-05 deg tp 2459458.259527184004 (2021-Aug-31.75952718) 0.00013048 TDB period 1982.349872977849 5.43 1.7076e-05 4.675e-08 d yr n .1816026549638358 1.5643e-09 deg/d Q 3.399422274804603 1.9522e-08 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      2404      data-arc span      24261 days (66.42 yr)      first obs. used      1954-05-28      last obs. used      2020-10-29      planetary ephem.      DE431      SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .42751      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2020-Nov-13 03:26:42   Additional Information  Earth MOID = 1.79746 au   Jupiter MOID = 1.99721 au   T_jup = 3.189  [ 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 11.8   n/a MPO358705   diameter diameter 24.186 km 0.108 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.056   0.008 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...759L...8M)   7635 Carolinesmith           Discovered 1983 Nov. 6 by A. Mrkos at Klet. Caroline Smith (b. 1976) the Head of Earth Sciences Collections and Principal Curator of Meteorites at the Natural History Museum in London. She studies mineralogy of meteorites, notably ureilites, to understand planetary processes, collected meteorites in Australia and has been principal editor of the Meteoritical Bulletin. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: MPC batch dated 2018-05-29 Last Updated: 2018-09-17 [ show close-approach data ] Alternate Designations  1983 VH1 = 1994 VA3  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances | Close-Approach Data ] 2020-Nov-24 02:50 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin