(4) Vesta
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(4) Vesta
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 267.24201 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27149482 Peri. 149.97036 -0.27333948 +0.95433705
a 2.3620823 Node 103.94248 -0.90541917 -0.21294836
e 0.0886385 Incl. 7.13363 -0.32481018 -0.20950844
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 2003 01 01 12 34.59 +03 43.3 2.074 2.351 93.6 24.7 7.6 2003 01 06 12 39.70 +03 31.3 2.007 2.346 97.4 24.6 7.5 2003 01 11 12 44.40 +03 23.1 1.940 2.341 101.3 24.3 7.4 2003 01 16 12 48.63 +03 19.0 1.874 2.336 105.4 24.0 7.3 2003 01 21 12 52.37 +03 19.0 1.810 2.331 109.5 23.4 7.2 2003 01 26 12 55.56 +03 23.5 1.747 2.326 113.8 22.8 7.1 2003 01 31 12 58.16 +03 32.7 1.686 2.321 118.3 22.0 7.0 2003 02 05 13 00.11 +03 46.6 1.628 2.316 122.9 20.9 6.9 2003 02 10 13 01.37 +04 05.2 1.573 2.311 127.6 19.8 6.8 2003 02 15 13 01.92 +04 28.4 1.521 2.306 132.5 18.4 6.7 2003 02 20 13 01.73 +04 55.8 1.474 2.302 137.5 16.9 6.6 2003 02 25 13 00.78 +05 27.3 1.430 2.297 142.6 15.2 6.5 2003 03 02 12 59.08 +06 02.1 1.391 2.292 147.8 13.3 6.3 2003 03 07 12 56.66 +06 39.5 1.358 2.287 153.0 11.3 6.2 2003 03 12 12 53.58 +07 18.4 1.330 2.282 158.1 9.3 6.1 2003 03 17 12 49.93 +07 57.6 1.309 2.278 162.7 7.5 6.0 2003 03 22 12 45.82 +08 35.9 1.293 2.273 166.1 6.0 5.9 2003 03 27 12 41.40 +09 12.0 1.284 2.268 167.5 5.5 5.9 2003 04 01 12 36.80 +09 44.6 1.281 2.264 166.0 6.1 5.9 2003 04 06 12 32.21 +10 12.5 1.285 2.259 162.4 7.7 6.0 2003 04 11 12 27.79 +10 34.9 1.295 2.255 157.8 9.7 6.0 2003 04 16 12 23.71 +10 51.0 1.311 2.250 152.8 11.8 6.1 2003 04 21 12 20.08 +11 00.5 1.332 2.246 147.6 13.9 6.2 2003 04 26 12 17.02 +11 03.4 1.358 2.241 142.5 15.9 6.3 2003 05 01 12 14.60 +10 59.7 1.389 2.237 137.4 17.7 6.4 2003 05 06 12 12.89 +10 49.6 1.424 2.233 132.5 19.4 6.5 2003 05 11 12 11.91 +10 33.5 1.462 2.229 127.8 21.0 6.6 2003 05 16 12 11.67 +10 11.9 1.504 2.225 123.2 22.3 6.7 2003 05 21 12 12.14 +09 45.3 1.548 2.221 118.8 23.5 6.8 2003 05 26 12 13.31 +09 14.1 1.595 2.217 114.6 24.5 6.9 2003 05 31 12 15.14 +08 38.9 1.643 2.213 110.6 25.4 6.9 2003 06 05 12 17.60 +07 59.9 1.693 2.210 106.7 26.1 7.0 2003 06 10 12 20.66 +07 17.7 1.744 2.206 103.0 26.6 7.1 2003 06 15 12 24.26 +06 32.5 1.796 2.202 99.4 27.1 7.2 2003 06 20 12 28.36 +05 44.9 1.848 2.199 95.9 27.4 7.2
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