+ View the NASA Portal + Center for Near-Earth Object Studies JPL Small-Body Database Browser Search: [ help ]   8772 Minutus (4254 T-2) Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2008772 [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] [ show orbit diagram ] Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459396.5 (2021-Jul-01.0) TDB Reference: JPL 35 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)  Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units  e .2339193608286007 1.7912e-08   a 2.396633774787378 6.6685e-09 au q 1.836014734048878 4.4335e-08 au i 3.362931746831121 6.0727e-07 deg node 68.09110529415169 6.0385e-06 deg peri 262.7426159312841 6.8011e-06 deg M 335.8403844648361 4.9149e-06 deg tp 2459487.447016773099 (2021-Sep-29.94701677) 1.8693e-05 TDB period 1355.192345286355 3.71 5.6562e-06 1.549e-08 d yr n .2656449479309383 1.1087e-09 deg/d Q 2.957252815525878 8.2284e-09 au   Orbit Determination Parameters    # obs. used (total)      2159      data-arc span      25408 days (69.56 yr)      first obs. used      1951-12-01      last obs. used      2021-06-24      planetary ephem.      DE441      SB-pert. ephem.      SB441-N16      condition code      0      norm. resid. RMS      .47442      source      ORB      producer      Otto Matic      solution date      2021-Jul-08 01:45:38   Additional Information  Earth MOID = .828275 au   Jupiter MOID = 2.4131 au   T_jup = 3.489  [ show covariance matrix ] [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] Physical Parameter Table Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes absolute magnitude H 14.17   n/a MPO614063   diameter diameter 3.508 km 0.066 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   geometric albedo albedo 0.320   0.037 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)   8772 Minutus           Discovered 1973 Sept. 29 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates taken by T. Gehrels. Named for ixobrychus minutus, or little bittern. NOTE: some special characters may not display properly (any characters within {} are an attempt to place the proper accent above a character) Reference: 19990202/MPCPages.arc Last Updated: 2010-06-11 Alternate Designations  4254 T-2 = 1988 VJ5  [ Ephemeris | Orbit Diagram | Orbital Elements | Mission Design | Physical Parameters | Discovery Circumstances ] 2021-Jul-17 06:43 UT (server date/time)   Site Manager:   Ryan S. Park Webmaster:   Alan B. Chamberlin