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(8) Flora

Orbital Elements

    (8) Flora
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 242.63479              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30172815     Peri.  285.17021     +0.80209229     -0.58948097
a   2.2015345      Node   111.04136     +0.57971259     +0.73004229
e   0.1562294      Incl.    5.88582     +0.14346175     +0.34576067
P   3.27           H    6.49          G   0.28
From 859 observations at 50 oppositions, 1850-1993, mean residual 0".65.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2000 04 26    20 32.17   -17 34.1    2.074    2.307    90.1    25.9    10.9
2000 05 01    20 38.14   -17 19.5    2.005    2.298    93.5    26.0    10.8
2000 05 06    20 43.72   -17 06.3    1.936    2.290    97.0    25.9    10.7
2000 05 11    20 48.87   -16 54.7    1.868    2.282   100.6    25.8    10.6
2000 05 16    20 53.56   -16 45.2    1.801    2.273   104.3    25.5    10.5
2000 05 21    20 57.77   -16 38.0    1.735    2.264   108.1    25.1    10.4
2000 05 26    21 01.44   -16 33.6    1.671    2.256   112.1    24.6    10.3
2000 05 31    21 04.54   -16 32.3    1.608    2.247   116.1    23.9    10.2
2000 06 05    21 07.01   -16 34.6    1.547    2.238   120.4    23.0    10.1
2000 06 10    21 08.82   -16 40.7    1.488    2.229   124.8    22.0    10.0
2000 06 15    21 09.92   -16 51.0    1.433    2.220   129.3    20.7     9.9
2000 06 20    21 10.28   -17 05.6    1.380    2.211   134.1    19.3     9.7
2000 06 25    21 09.87   -17 24.7    1.331    2.202   139.0    17.6     9.6
2000 06 30    21 08.66   -17 48.2    1.286    2.193   144.2    15.7     9.5
2000 07 05    21 06.65   -18 16.1    1.246    2.184   149.5    13.7     9.3
2000 07 10    21 03.87   -18 47.8    1.210    2.175   155.1    11.4     9.2
2000 07 15    21 00.37   -19 22.8    1.180    2.166   160.7     8.9     9.0
2000 07 20    20 56.25   -20 00.2    1.155    2.157   166.5     6.3     8.9
2000 07 25    20 51.61   -20 39.0    1.137    2.147   172.2     3.7     8.7
2000 07 30    20 46.61   -21 18.2    1.124    2.138   176.6     1.6     8.6
2000 08 04    20 41.42   -21 56.5    1.117    2.129   173.9     2.9     8.6
2000 08 09    20 36.25   -22 32.8    1.117    2.120   168.3     5.5     8.7
2000 08 14    20 31.31   -23 06.1    1.123    2.111   162.5     8.3     8.8
2000 08 19    20 26.79   -23 35.8    1.134    2.102   156.6    11.0     9.0
2000 08 24    20 22.84   -24 01.2    1.151    2.093   150.9    13.6     9.1
2000 08 29    20 19.62   -24 22.2    1.172    2.084   145.3    16.0     9.2
2000 09 03    20 17.24   -24 38.5    1.199    2.075   139.9    18.3     9.3
2000 09 08    20 15.77   -24 50.2    1.229    2.066   134.7    20.3     9.4
2000 09 13    20 15.25   -24 57.5    1.263    2.057   129.7    22.1     9.5
2000 09 18    20 15.67   -25 00.6    1.299    2.048   125.0    23.7     9.6
2000 09 23    20 17.03   -24 59.6    1.339    2.039   120.4    25.1     9.7
2000 09 28    20 19.28   -24 54.8    1.380    2.031   116.0    26.3     9.7
2000 10 03    20 22.39   -24 46.3    1.424    2.022   111.9    27.3     9.8
2000 10 08    20 26.31   -24 34.1    1.469    2.014   107.9    28.2     9.9
2000 10 13    20 30.97   -24 18.6    1.515    2.006   104.1    28.8    10.0
2000 10 18    20 36.31   -23 59.6    1.561    1.998   100.4    29.4    10.1
2000 10 23    20 42.27   -23 37.4    1.609    1.990    96.8    29.8    10.1
2000 10 28    20 48.79   -23 11.8    1.656    1.982    93.4    30.0    10.2
2000 11 02    20 55.83   -22 43.0    1.704    1.974    90.1    30.2    10.2

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