(21) Lutetia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 15523:(21) Lutetia Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-P) Filenko M 328.80034 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25929259 Peri. 250.12754 +0.87391789 +0.48319505 a 2.4356188 Node 80.94672 -0.42356020 +0.81032632 e 0.1616849 Incl. 3.06607 -0.23846233 +0.33150234 P 3.80 H 7.35 G 0.11 From 369 observations at 38 oppositions, 1913-1988, mean residual 0".85.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 06 25 00 08.31 -02 49.8 1.719 2.042 93.0 29.8 11.4 2000 06 30 00 14.74 -02 17.6 1.667 2.042 96.0 29.7 11.4 2000 07 05 00 20.75 -01 48.4 1.616 2.042 99.2 29.4 11.3 2000 07 10 00 26.31 -01 22.5 1.565 2.043 102.5 29.1 11.2 2000 07 15 00 31.38 -01 00.2 1.516 2.044 106.0 28.6 11.1 2000 07 20 00 35.93 -00 41.7 1.467 2.045 109.6 27.9 11.0 2000 07 25 00 39.89 -00 27.2 1.420 2.047 113.3 27.1 10.9 2000 07 30 00 43.22 -00 16.9 1.374 2.049 117.2 26.1 10.8 2000 08 04 00 45.86 -00 11.2 1.331 2.051 121.3 25.0 10.7 2000 08 09 00 47.77 -00 09.9 1.290 2.053 125.6 23.7 10.6 2000 08 14 00 48.93 -00 13.4 1.251 2.056 130.2 22.1 10.5 2000 08 19 00 49.29 -00 21.3 1.216 2.059 134.9 20.4 10.4 2000 08 24 00 48.85 -00 33.8 1.183 2.062 139.8 18.4 10.3 2000 08 29 00 47.59 -00 50.4 1.155 2.065 145.0 16.3 10.2 2000 09 03 00 45.55 -01 10.7 1.131 2.069 150.3 14.0 10.0 2000 09 08 00 42.80 -01 34.0 1.113 2.073 155.8 11.5 9.9 2000 09 13 00 39.42 -01 59.5 1.099 2.077 161.4 8.9 9.8 2000 09 18 00 35.55 -02 26.0 1.091 2.082 166.9 6.3 9.6 2000 09 23 00 31.32 -02 52.7 1.088 2.086 171.9 3.9 9.5 2000 09 28 00 26.91 -03 18.2 1.092 2.091 174.3 2.7 9.4 2000 10 03 00 22.50 -03 41.4 1.102 2.096 171.5 4.0 9.6 2000 10 08 00 18.27 -04 01.3 1.117 2.102 166.4 6.4 9.7 2000 10 13 00 14.40 -04 17.0 1.139 2.107 160.9 8.9 9.9 2000 10 18 00 11.03 -04 27.9 1.166 2.113 155.3 11.4 10.0 2000 10 23 00 08.25 -04 33.7 1.199 2.119 149.8 13.7 10.2 2000 10 28 00 06.16 -04 34.2 1.237 2.125 144.4 15.8 10.4 2000 11 02 00 04.80 -04 29.3 1.279 2.132 139.2 17.7 10.5 2000 11 07 00 04.22 -04 19.2 1.326 2.138 134.2 19.4 10.6 2000 11 12 00 04.39 -04 04.1 1.376 2.145 129.4 20.9 10.8 2000 11 17 00 05.31 -03 44.5 1.430 2.152 124.7 22.2 10.9 2000 11 22 00 06.92 -03 20.5 1.486 2.159 120.2 23.3 11.0 2000 11 27 00 09.21 -02 52.6 1.545 2.166 115.9 24.2 11.2 2000 12 02 00 12.13 -02 21.2 1.607 2.174 111.7 24.9 11.3 2000 12 07 00 15.63 -01 46.4 1.670 2.181 107.7 25.5 11.4 2000 12 12 00 19.66 -01 08.9 1.734 2.189 103.8 25.9 11.5 2000 12 17 00 24.18 -00 28.8 1.800 2.197 100.0 26.2 11.6 2000 12 22 00 29.14 +00 13.6 1.867 2.204 96.3 26.3 11.7
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