(532) Herculina
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31002:(532) Herculina Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Goffin M 99.45536 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21353487 Peri. 76.87171 -0.95953974 +0.08764356 a 2.7721933 Node 107.65563 -0.17029867 -0.93744705 e 0.1776508 Incl. 16.30873 +0.22423617 -0.33691488 P 4.62 H 5.81 G 0.26 U 0 From 2223 observations at 69 oppositions, 1904-1997, mean residual 0".53.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 05 16 21 53.65 -18 12.6 2.760 2.949 90.6 20.0 11.2 2002 05 21 21 57.39 -18 18.9 2.699 2.957 94.6 19.9 11.2 2002 05 26 22 00.70 -18 28.4 2.638 2.965 98.7 19.7 11.1 2002 05 31 22 03.58 -18 41.1 2.578 2.973 102.9 19.4 11.1 2002 06 05 22 05.98 -18 57.2 2.519 2.981 107.2 19.0 11.0 2002 06 10 22 07.90 -19 16.9 2.462 2.989 111.6 18.4 11.0 2002 06 15 22 09.29 -19 40.4 2.407 2.996 116.1 17.7 10.9 2002 06 20 22 10.14 -20 07.5 2.354 3.004 120.8 16.9 10.8 2002 06 25 22 10.43 -20 38.2 2.304 3.011 125.6 15.9 10.8 2002 06 30 22 10.14 -21 12.3 2.258 3.019 130.4 14.9 10.7 2002 07 05 22 09.28 -21 49.6 2.216 3.026 135.4 13.6 10.6 2002 07 10 22 07.83 -22 29.7 2.179 3.033 140.4 12.3 10.5 2002 07 15 22 05.82 -23 12.0 2.147 3.040 145.5 10.9 10.5 2002 07 20 22 03.26 -23 55.9 2.121 3.047 150.6 9.4 10.4 2002 07 25 22 00.22 -24 40.6 2.100 3.054 155.5 7.9 10.3 2002 07 30 21 56.75 -25 25.2 2.086 3.061 160.1 6.5 10.3 2002 08 04 21 52.92 -26 08.8 2.079 3.067 164.1 5.2 10.2 2002 08 09 21 48.82 -26 50.6 2.079 3.074 166.6 4.4 10.2 2002 08 14 21 44.57 -27 29.8 2.086 3.080 166.7 4.3 10.2 2002 08 19 21 40.27 -28 05.4 2.100 3.087 164.6 5.0 10.2 2002 08 24 21 36.04 -28 37.1 2.120 3.093 160.8 6.2 10.3 2002 08 29 21 32.00 -29 04.3 2.148 3.099 156.3 7.5 10.4 2002 09 03 21 28.24 -29 26.8 2.182 3.105 151.4 8.9 10.5 2002 09 08 21 24.86 -29 44.5 2.222 3.111 146.4 10.3 10.6 2002 09 13 21 21.94 -29 57.4 2.268 3.117 141.3 11.6 10.7 2002 09 18 21 19.54 -30 05.7 2.319 3.123 136.3 12.9 10.8 2002 09 23 21 17.70 -30 09.6 2.375 3.129 131.3 14.0 10.9 2002 09 28 21 16.45 -30 09.5 2.434 3.134 126.4 14.9 10.9 2002 10 03 21 15.79 -30 05.6 2.498 3.140 121.6 15.8 11.0 2002 10 08 21 15.73 -29 58.2 2.565 3.145 116.8 16.5 11.1 2002 10 13 21 16.25 -29 47.7 2.634 3.150 112.2 17.0 11.2 2002 10 18 21 17.35 -29 34.4 2.706 3.155 107.7 17.5 11.3 2002 10 23 21 18.98 -29 18.4 2.779 3.160 103.3 17.8 11.3 2002 10 28 21 21.12 -29 00.2 2.853 3.165 99.0 18.1 11.4 2002 11 02 21 23.73 -28 39.8 2.929 3.170 94.8 18.2 11.5
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