(19) Fortuna
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:(19) Fortuna Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 189.39586 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25816148 Peri. 181.98488 +0.83413104 -0.55138015 a 2.4427279 Node 211.49036 +0.50642940 +0.77590513 e 0.1580923 Incl. 1.57195 +0.21852842 +0.30651451 P 3.82 H 7.13 G 0.10 From 654 observations at 52 oppositions, 1869-1993, mean residual 0".67.An explanation of the orbital elements is available.
These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.
Ephemeris
The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2000 04 06 16 04.37 -20 09.0 2.028 2.812 133.5 15.0 11.8 2000 04 11 16 02.66 -20 01.1 1.977 2.810 138.8 13.6 11.7 2000 04 16 16 00.30 -19 51.2 1.930 2.807 144.3 12.0 11.6 2000 04 21 15 57.32 -19 39.4 1.890 2.805 149.9 10.4 11.5 2000 04 26 15 53.77 -19 25.7 1.854 2.802 155.6 8.5 11.3 2000 05 01 15 49.73 -19 10.3 1.825 2.799 161.5 6.6 11.2 2000 05 06 15 45.30 -18 53.3 1.803 2.796 167.4 4.5 11.1 2000 05 11 15 40.58 -18 35.1 1.787 2.793 173.3 2.4 10.9 2000 05 16 15 35.72 -18 16.1 1.779 2.790 178.8 0.4 10.7 2000 05 21 15 30.83 -17 56.7 1.777 2.786 174.4 2.0 10.9 2000 05 26 15 26.05 -17 37.5 1.783 2.783 168.5 4.2 11.0 2000 05 31 15 21.50 -17 18.8 1.795 2.779 162.6 6.3 11.1 2000 06 05 15 17.30 -17 01.4 1.814 2.775 156.8 8.3 11.3 2000 06 10 15 13.55 -16 45.6 1.839 2.771 151.1 10.2 11.4 2000 06 15 15 10.33 -16 32.0 1.870 2.767 145.5 12.0 11.5 2000 06 20 15 07.69 -16 20.7 1.906 2.763 140.0 13.7 11.6 2000 06 25 15 05.67 -16 12.0 1.947 2.759 134.8 15.2 11.7 2000 06 30 15 04.28 -16 06.1 1.992 2.754 129.7 16.5 11.8 2000 07 05 15 03.55 -16 03.0 2.040 2.749 124.7 17.7 11.9
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