(46) Hestia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25186:(46) Hestia Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 (M-c) Goffin M 348.93743 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24560711 Peri. 176.00635 +0.99882973 +0.04835715 a 2.5252755 Node 181.22292 -0.04542681 +0.93182484 e 0.1716401 Incl. 2.33630 -0.01660048 +0.35967214 P 4.01 H 8.36 G 0.06 U 1 From 741 observations at 82 oppositions, 1857-1992, mean residual 0".95.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 2002 09 23 03 19.60 +16 31.4 1.374 2.142 127.9 21.7 11.9 2002 09 28 03 19.80 +16 22.9 1.337 2.148 132.8 20.0 11.8 2002 10 03 03 19.13 +16 11.1 1.303 2.153 137.9 18.2 11.7 2002 10 08 03 17.62 +15 55.9 1.274 2.159 143.2 16.1 11.5 2002 10 13 03 15.30 +15 37.8 1.249 2.165 148.8 13.8 11.4 2002 10 18 03 12.24 +15 16.9 1.229 2.171 154.5 11.4 11.3 2002 10 23 03 08.56 +14 53.9 1.214 2.177 160.4 8.8 11.1 2002 10 28 03 04.38 +14 29.2 1.205 2.184 166.3 6.2 11.0 2002 11 02 02 59.86 +14 03.6 1.203 2.190 172.2 3.5 10.8 2002 11 07 02 55.17 +13 37.9 1.207 2.197 176.9 1.4 10.7 2002 11 12 02 50.52 +13 13.0 1.217 2.204 174.0 2.7 10.8 2002 11 17 02 46.08 +12 49.9 1.234 2.211 168.2 5.2 11.0 2002 11 22 02 42.03 +12 29.4 1.258 2.219 162.2 7.8 11.2 2002 11 27 02 38.49 +12 12.0 1.287 2.226 156.3 10.2 11.4 2002 12 02 02 35.57 +11 58.4 1.322 2.234 150.6 12.5 11.5 2002 12 07 02 33.35 +11 48.9 1.363 2.242 145.0 14.6 11.7 2002 12 12 02 31.89 +11 43.7 1.408 2.250 139.5 16.5 11.9
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