(8) Flora
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(8) Flora
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Goffin
M 124.13093 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.30183398 Peri. 285.06919 +0.80318743 -0.58798331
a 2.2010199 Node 111.03555 +0.57835917 +0.73111541
e 0.1567210 Incl. 5.88734 +0.14279576 +0.34604318
P 3.27 H 6.49 G 0.28 U 0
From 2438 observations at 102 oppositions, 1847-2000, mean residual 0".54.
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 12 07 10 48.27 +10 23.4 1.863 2.188 95.4 26.6 10.6 2001 12 12 10 52.83 +10 12.5 1.810 2.197 99.4 26.2 10.5 2001 12 17 10 56.81 +10 05.8 1.758 2.206 103.5 25.7 10.4 2001 12 22 11 00.17 +10 03.7 1.707 2.215 107.8 25.0 10.4 2001 12 27 11 02.87 +10 06.3 1.657 2.224 112.3 24.2 10.3 2002 01 01 11 04.87 +10 14.0 1.608 2.233 116.9 23.1 10.2 2002 01 06 11 06.13 +10 27.0 1.562 2.242 121.8 21.9 10.1 2002 01 11 11 06.60 +10 45.3 1.519 2.251 126.9 20.5 10.0 2002 01 16 11 06.27 +11 09.1 1.479 2.260 132.1 18.8 9.9 2002 01 21 11 05.10 +11 38.0 1.442 2.268 137.6 17.0 9.8 2002 01 26 11 03.14 +12 11.6 1.410 2.277 143.3 15.0 9.7 2002 01 31 11 00.39 +12 49.3 1.384 2.285 149.0 12.8 9.6 2002 02 05 10 56.93 +13 30.2 1.362 2.294 154.9 10.5 9.5 2002 02 10 10 52.83 +14 13.2 1.347 2.302 160.8 8.1 9.4 2002 02 15 10 48.22 +14 57.0 1.338 2.310 166.5 5.7 9.3 2002 02 20 10 43.26 +15 40.2 1.336 2.319 171.3 3.7 9.2 2002 02 25 10 38.12 +16 21.5 1.341 2.327 172.7 3.1 9.2 2002 03 02 10 32.97 +16 59.6 1.353 2.335 169.5 4.5 9.3 2002 03 07 10 28.00 +17 33.5 1.372 2.342 164.2 6.6 9.4 2002 03 12 10 23.36 +18 02.4 1.397 2.350 158.6 8.9 9.6 2002 03 17 10 19.21 +18 25.9 1.429 2.358 152.8 11.1 9.7 2002 03 22 10 15.67 +18 43.6 1.466 2.365 147.1 13.2 9.8 2002 03 27 10 12.81 +18 55.5 1.508 2.373 141.6 15.1 10.0 2002 04 01 10 10.68 +19 01.9 1.555 2.380 136.3 16.9 10.1 2002 04 06 10 09.30 +19 03.0 1.607 2.387 131.1 18.4 10.2 2002 04 11 10 08.68 +18 59.1 1.662 2.394 126.2 19.7 10.3 2002 04 16 10 08.80 +18 50.7 1.720 2.401 121.4 20.9 10.4 2002 04 21 10 09.63 +18 38.1 1.781 2.408 116.9 21.9 10.5 2002 04 26 10 11.13 +18 21.6 1.844 2.414 112.5 22.7 10.6 2002 05 01 10 13.24 +18 01.7 1.908 2.421 108.2 23.3 10.7 2002 05 06 10 15.92 +17 38.6 1.974 2.427 104.2 23.8 10.8 2002 05 11 10 19.13 +17 12.6 2.042 2.433 100.2 24.1 10.9 2002 05 16 10 22.81 +16 43.9 2.110 2.439 96.4 24.3 11.0
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