JPL Small-Body Database

<h2 id="orbit-viewer">Orbit viewer</h2>
<p>In the past, one could view a 3D visualization of the body's orbit using a <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> applet. As of mid-2023, one could see something similar using JPL's Orbit Viewer tool, which was implemented using <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/Three.js/h9p32kv5">Three.js</a> and <a href="/facts/WebGL/Avkp0Wb7">WebGL</a>.
</p><p>The orbit viewer uses unreliable <a href="/facts/Two-body_problem/YCG4geSH">two-body methods</a>, and hence should not be used for accurately determining the <a href="/facts/Apsis/VaL6ow9w">time of perihelion passage</a> or planetary encounter circumstances. For accurate ephemerides use the <a href="/facts/JPL_Horizons_On-Line_Ephemeris_System/ywG4zSsM">JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System</a> that handles the <a href="/facts/N-body_problem/5goGsW5x">n-body problem</a> using <a href="/facts/Numerical_integration/MwJnvcDV">numerical integration</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/JPL_Horizons_On-Line_Ephemeris_System/ywG4zSsM">JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory_Development_Ephemeris/SeCNLYkt">Jet Propulsion Laboratory Development Ephemeris</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/NEODyS/TakkNnsH">NEODyS</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sentry_(monitoring_system)/u3ubJjFe">Sentry (monitoring system)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html">Small-Body Database Lookup</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_query.html">Small-Body Database Query</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Small-Body Database Lookup". ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-10-01. <a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/" target="_blank">https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"JPL Small-Body Database browser". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2012-03-19. <a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi" target="_blank">https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Solar System Objects at JPL Solar System Dynamics". Archived from the original on 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2021-09-27. <a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>JPL Note <a href="https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=54509621&view=V" target="_blank">https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=54509621&view=V</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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JPL Small-Body Database