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(39) Laetitia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30777:
   (39) Laetitia
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Goffin
M 244.61151              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21380525     Peri.  208.53446     +0.99190727     -0.10616997
a   2.7698556      Node   157.24042     +0.11991582     +0.96358338
e   0.1115356      Incl.   10.36844     -0.04171538     +0.24542821
P   4.61           H    6.1           G   0.15           U   0
From 3843 observations at 90 oppositions, 1856-1996, mean residual 0".52.
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 03 17    17 34.45   -12 03.9    2.682    2.909    93.0    20.0    11.6
2000 03 22    17 38.16   -11 47.7    2.609    2.904    97.0    19.9    11.5
2000 03 27    17 41.42   -11 30.3    2.538    2.899   101.0    19.7    11.4
2000 04 01    17 44.19   -11 11.9    2.467    2.894   105.2    19.5    11.4
2000 04 06    17 46.46   -10 52.5    2.398    2.889   109.4    19.1    11.3
2000 04 11    17 48.18   -10 32.6    2.331    2.884   113.7    18.5    11.2
2000 04 16    17 49.34   -10 12.2    2.266    2.879   118.2    17.9    11.1
2000 04 21    17 49.91   -09 51.7    2.204    2.874   122.7    17.1    11.0
2000 04 26    17 49.89   -09 31.3    2.145    2.868   127.3    16.2    10.9
2000 05 01    17 49.25   -09 11.3    2.089    2.863   132.0    15.2    10.8
2000 05 06    17 48.01   -08 52.1    2.038    2.858   136.8    14.0    10.7
2000 05 11    17 46.16   -08 34.1    1.991    2.852   141.6    12.7    10.6
2000 05 16    17 43.76   -08 17.5    1.949    2.847   146.4    11.3    10.5
2000 05 21    17 40.83   -08 02.8    1.913    2.842   151.1     9.9    10.4
2000 05 26    17 37.44   -07 50.3    1.883    2.836   155.6     8.5    10.3
2000 05 31    17 33.66   -07 40.4    1.858    2.831   159.6     7.2    10.2
2000 06 05    17 29.59   -07 33.2    1.840    2.825   162.7     6.1    10.2
2000 06 10    17 25.32   -07 29.3    1.829    2.820   164.2     5.6    10.1
2000 06 15    17 20.98   -07 28.5    1.824    2.814   163.8     5.8    10.1
2000 06 20    17 16.69   -07 31.1    1.826    2.808   161.6     6.6    10.1
2000 06 25    17 12.55   -07 37.1    1.834    2.803   158.0     7.8    10.2
2000 06 30    17 08.66   -07 46.3    1.849    2.797   153.8     9.2    10.3
2000 07 05    17 05.14   -07 58.8    1.869    2.791   149.2    10.8    10.4
2000 07 10    17 02.07   -08 14.1    1.895    2.786   144.4    12.3    10.4
2000 07 15    16 59.51   -08 32.2    1.926    2.780   139.6    13.7    10.5
2000 07 20    16 57.51   -08 52.6    1.963    2.774   134.8    15.1    10.6
2000 07 25    16 56.10   -09 15.0    2.003    2.768   130.1    16.3    10.7
2000 07 30    16 55.31   -09 39.3    2.047    2.763   125.4    17.4    10.8
2000 08 04    16 55.15   -10 05.0    2.095    2.757   120.9    18.4    10.9
2000 08 09    16 55.62   -10 31.8    2.145    2.751   116.5    19.3    10.9
2000 08 14    16 56.70   -10 59.4    2.198    2.745   112.1    20.0    11.0
2000 08 19    16 58.38   -11 27.5    2.253    2.739   107.9    20.6    11.1
2000 08 24    17 00.63   -11 55.8    2.310    2.734   103.8    21.0    11.1
2000 08 29    17 03.43   -12 24.2    2.367    2.728    99.8    21.4    11.2
2000 09 03    17 06.76   -12 52.4    2.426    2.722    95.9    21.6    11.2

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