(4) Vesta
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(4) Vesta
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 104.89803 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27172034 Peri. 149.45850 -0.28171111 +0.95189784
a 2.3607751 Node 103.95099 -0.90352230 -0.22089335
e 0.0897529 Incl. 7.13464 -0.32293389 -0.21235967
P 3.63 H 3.20 G 0.32
From 5168 observations at 56 oppositions, 1841-1993, mean residual 0".56.
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 2001 09 08 04 38.57 +15 16.0 2.250 2.546 95.1 23.2 7.9 2001 09 13 04 42.30 +15 17.0 2.188 2.548 99.0 23.0 7.8 2001 09 18 04 45.48 +15 16.6 2.127 2.550 103.1 22.6 7.7 2001 09 23 04 48.08 +15 14.9 2.066 2.552 107.4 22.0 7.7 2001 09 28 04 50.05 +15 12.0 2.007 2.554 111.7 21.4 7.6 2001 10 03 04 51.37 +15 08.2 1.950 2.556 116.3 20.5 7.5 2001 10 08 04 51.99 +15 03.5 1.895 2.558 121.0 19.6 7.4 2001 10 13 04 51.88 +14 58.1 1.843 2.559 125.9 18.4 7.3 2001 10 18 04 51.00 +14 52.1 1.794 2.561 131.0 17.1 7.2 2001 10 23 04 49.37 +14 45.7 1.749 2.562 136.3 15.6 7.1 2001 10 28 04 46.98 +14 39.1 1.709 2.564 141.8 13.9 7.0 2001 11 02 04 43.87 +14 32.6 1.673 2.565 147.4 12.0 6.9 2001 11 07 04 40.10 +14 26.2 1.643 2.566 153.1 10.1 6.8 2001 11 12 04 35.74 +14 20.2 1.619 2.567 158.9 8.0 6.7 2001 11 17 04 30.89 +14 14.9 1.602 2.568 164.5 5.9 6.6 2001 11 22 04 25.69 +14 10.4 1.591 2.569 169.7 4.0 6.5 2001 11 27 04 20.31 +14 07.1 1.588 2.570 172.7 2.8 6.5 2001 12 02 04 14.89 +14 05.3 1.592 2.571 171.1 3.4 6.5 2001 12 07 04 09.60 +14 05.2 1.603 2.571 166.4 5.2 6.6 2001 12 12 04 04.59 +14 06.9 1.622 2.572 160.8 7.2 6.7 2001 12 17 04 00.00 +14 10.7 1.647 2.572 155.0 9.3 6.8 2001 12 22 03 55.95 +14 16.8 1.678 2.572 149.2 11.3 6.9 2001 12 27 03 52.54 +14 25.3 1.715 2.573 143.4 13.2 7.0 2002 01 01 03 49.83 +14 36.0 1.758 2.573 137.8 14.9 7.1 2002 01 06 03 47.84 +14 49.0 1.805 2.573 132.4 16.4 7.2
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