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(69) Hesperia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 27086:
   (69) Hesperia
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Goffin
M  38.45178              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19156264     Peri.  289.51420     -0.41742799     -0.90860850
a   2.9803150      Node   185.21873     +0.87964835     -0.40028336
e   0.1644888      Incl.    8.58740     +0.22797512     -0.11917981
P   5.15           H    7.05          G   0.19           U   1
From 449 observations at 69 oppositions, 1861-1993, mean residual 1".01.
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
1999 12 13    11 19.42   -01 40.5    2.366    2.550    89.2    22.7    12.0
1999 12 18    11 23.80   -02 07.6    2.305    2.555    93.1    22.6    11.9
1999 12 23    11 27.74   -02 31.8    2.245    2.559    97.1    22.4    11.9
1999 12 28    11 31.23   -02 52.7    2.185    2.564   101.2    22.1    11.8
2000 01 02    11 34.21   -03 10.1    2.126    2.569   105.5    21.6    11.7
2000 01 07    11 36.66   -03 23.5    2.068    2.575   109.9    21.0    11.7
2000 01 12    11 38.55   -03 32.6    2.012    2.580   114.5    20.3    11.6
2000 01 17    11 39.85   -03 37.2    1.959    2.586   119.2    19.4    11.5
2000 01 22    11 40.55   -03 37.0    1.908    2.591   124.1    18.3    11.4
2000 01 27    11 40.63   -03 31.8    1.860    2.597   129.2    17.1    11.3
2000 02 01    11 40.08   -03 21.5    1.816    2.603   134.4    15.7    11.2
2000 02 06    11 38.92   -03 05.9    1.777    2.609   139.9    14.1    11.1
2000 02 11    11 37.18   -02 45.1    1.742    2.615   145.4    12.4    11.0
2000 02 16    11 34.91   -02 19.4    1.713    2.622   151.1    10.5    10.9
2000 02 21    11 32.17   -01 49.2    1.690    2.628   156.9     8.5    10.8
2000 02 26    11 29.05   -01 15.0    1.672    2.634   162.8     6.4    10.7
2000 03 02    11 25.64   -00 37.6    1.662    2.641   168.6     4.2    10.6
2000 03 07    11 22.06   +00 02.1    1.659    2.648   174.1     2.2    10.5
2000 03 12    11 18.44   +00 43.2    1.662    2.655   176.2     1.4    10.5
2000 03 17    11 14.90   +01 24.5    1.673    2.662   171.7     3.1    10.6
2000 03 22    11 11.55   +02 05.1    1.691    2.669   166.1     5.2    10.7
2000 03 27    11 08.51   +02 44.0    1.715    2.676   160.3     7.2    10.9
2000 04 01    11 05.85   +03 20.4    1.746    2.683   154.6     9.2    11.0
2000 04 06    11 03.66   +03 53.7    1.783    2.690   149.0    11.1    11.1
2000 04 11    11 01.99   +04 23.2    1.825    2.698   143.5    12.8    11.2
2000 04 16    11 00.89   +04 48.5    1.873    2.705   138.2    14.3    11.3
2000 04 21    11 00.35   +05 09.6    1.925    2.712   133.1    15.7    11.5
2000 04 26    11 00.39   +05 26.3    1.981    2.720   128.1    16.9    11.6
2000 05 01    11 01.00   +05 38.7    2.041    2.728   123.3    18.0    11.7
2000 05 06    11 02.16   +05 46.7    2.104    2.735   118.7    18.9    11.8

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