(68) Leto
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24548:(68) Leto Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 (M-c) Bowell M 25.42756 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21240438 Peri. 303.81036 +0.97344204 +0.20741244 a 2.7820210 Node 44.43841 -0.13587332 +0.86410877 e 0.1852174 Incl. 7.95575 -0.18425262 +0.45858054 P 4.64 H 6.78 G 0.05 From 456 observations at 46 oppositions, 1879-1992, mean residual 0".59.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 05 41.86 +26 12.5 2.291 2.562 93.8 23.0 11.9 2002 09 28 05 45.96 +26 30.0 2.236 2.572 97.8 22.7 11.8 2002 10 03 05 49.47 +26 47.6 2.182 2.581 101.9 22.3 11.8 2002 10 08 05 52.36 +27 05.5 2.128 2.591 106.2 21.7 11.7 2002 10 13 05 54.58 +27 23.7 2.075 2.600 110.6 21.1 11.6 2002 10 18 05 56.09 +27 42.4 2.025 2.610 115.2 20.2 11.5 2002 10 23 05 56.85 +28 01.5 1.976 2.619 120.0 19.2 11.5 2002 10 28 05 56.83 +28 21.0 1.931 2.629 124.9 18.1 11.4 2002 11 02 05 56.00 +28 40.7 1.889 2.639 130.0 16.7 11.3 2002 11 07 05 54.36 +29 00.3 1.850 2.648 135.3 15.3 11.2 2002 11 12 05 51.93 +29 19.6 1.816 2.658 140.8 13.6 11.1 2002 11 17 05 48.73 +29 38.1 1.788 2.668 146.4 11.8 11.0 2002 11 22 05 44.84 +29 55.3 1.765 2.677 152.1 10.0 10.9 2002 11 27 05 40.35 +30 10.9 1.748 2.687 157.8 8.0 10.8 2002 12 02 05 35.36 +30 24.3 1.737 2.697 163.4 6.0 10.7 2002 12 07 05 30.02 +30 35.1 1.734 2.707 168.5 4.1 10.6 2002 12 12 05 24.51 +30 43.2 1.738 2.716 172.1 2.9 10.5 2002 12 17 05 18.99 +30 48.5 1.749 2.726 171.5 3.1 10.5 2002 12 22 05 13.65 +30 51.0 1.767 2.736 167.4 4.5 10.6 2002 12 27 05 08.63 +30 51.0 1.793 2.745 162.1 6.3 10.8 2003 01 01 05 04.07 +30 48.9 1.825 2.755 156.5 8.2 10.9 2003 01 06 05 00.09 +30 45.1 1.864 2.765 150.8 10.0 11.1 2003 01 11 04 56.80 +30 40.2 1.909 2.774 145.2 11.7 11.2 2003 01 16 04 54.23 +30 34.6 1.960 2.784 139.7 13.2 11.3 2003 01 21 04 52.43 +30 28.7 2.015 2.793 134.3 14.6 11.5 2003 01 26 04 51.40 +30 22.9 2.076 2.803 129.1 15.8 11.6 2003 01 31 04 51.12 +30 17.5 2.140 2.812 124.0 16.9 11.7
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