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Minor Planet Center

(40) Harmonia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
   (40) Harmonia
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Goffin
M 247.42001              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28865132     Peri.  268.97498     +0.99559802     -0.05751470
a   2.2675333      Node    94.31937     +0.08204940     +0.91649061
e   0.0460855      Incl.    4.25613     -0.04530430     +0.39590026
P   3.41           H    7.0           G   0.15           U   0
From 3339 observations at 81 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 04 06    18 56.01   -21 22.2    2.002    2.292    93.5    25.8    11.5
2000 04 11    19 01.66   -21 18.6    1.939    2.290    97.1    25.7    11.4
2000 04 16    19 06.83   -21 15.4    1.876    2.287   100.8    25.5    11.3
2000 04 21    19 11.46   -21 12.9    1.814    2.284   104.6    25.2    11.2
2000 04 26    19 15.51   -21 11.5    1.753    2.282   108.5    24.7    11.2
2000 05 01    19 18.94   -21 11.3    1.694    2.279   112.6    24.1    11.1
2000 05 06    19 21.69   -21 12.8    1.636    2.277   116.8    23.3    11.0
2000 05 11    19 23.74   -21 16.0    1.581    2.274   121.2    22.3    10.9
2000 05 16    19 25.02   -21 21.4    1.528    2.271   125.7    21.2    10.7
2000 05 21    19 25.53   -21 29.0    1.478    2.269   130.4    19.9    10.6
2000 05 26    19 25.22   -21 39.0    1.431    2.266   135.3    18.3    10.5
2000 05 31    19 24.07   -21 51.3    1.388    2.264   140.4    16.6    10.4
2000 06 05    19 22.09   -22 05.8    1.349    2.261   145.7    14.7    10.2
2000 06 10    19 19.30   -22 22.4    1.315    2.258   151.2    12.5    10.1
2000 06 15    19 15.77   -22 40.6    1.286    2.256   156.8    10.2    10.0
2000 06 20    19 11.57   -23 00.0    1.263    2.253   162.5     7.8     9.8
2000 06 25    19 06.83   -23 20.0    1.245    2.250   168.4     5.2     9.7
2000 06 30    19 01.68   -23 40.2    1.234    2.248   174.3     2.6     9.5
2000 07 05    18 56.29   -23 59.8    1.229    2.245   178.7     0.6     9.3
2000 07 10    18 50.87   -24 18.3    1.230    2.243   173.4     3.0     9.5
2000 07 15    18 45.62   -24 35.4    1.237    2.240   167.4     5.7     9.7
2000 07 20    18 40.71   -24 50.9    1.250    2.237   161.6     8.3     9.8
2000 07 25    18 36.31   -25 04.5    1.269    2.235   155.8    10.7     9.9
2000 07 30    18 32.55   -25 16.3    1.294    2.232   150.2    13.1    10.1
2000 08 04    18 29.55   -25 26.3    1.323    2.230   144.7    15.2    10.2
2000 08 09    18 27.39   -25 34.7    1.358    2.227   139.4    17.2    10.3
2000 08 14    18 26.11   -25 41.6    1.396    2.225   134.3    19.0    10.4
2000 08 19    18 25.72   -25 47.1    1.438    2.222   129.4    20.6    10.5
2000 08 24    18 26.21   -25 51.4    1.483    2.220   124.7    22.0    10.6
2000 08 29    18 27.56   -25 54.5    1.531    2.218   120.2    23.2    10.8
2000 09 03    18 29.75   -25 56.3    1.581    2.215   115.9    24.2    10.9
2000 09 08    18 32.73   -25 57.0    1.633    2.213   111.7    25.0    10.9
2000 09 13    18 36.44   -25 56.4    1.687    2.211   107.7    25.7    11.0
2000 09 18    18 40.84   -25 54.4    1.742    2.208   103.8    26.2    11.1
2000 09 23    18 45.86   -25 51.0    1.798    2.206   100.0    26.6    11.2
2000 09 28    18 51.47   -25 46.0    1.854    2.204    96.4    26.9    11.3
2000 10 03    18 57.63   -25 39.3    1.912    2.202    92.9    27.0    11.3

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