(19) Fortuna
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:(19) Fortuna Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 87.33545 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25811724 Peri. 182.27367 +0.83192474 -0.55470410 a 2.4430070 Node 211.43017 +0.50953211 +0.77387685 e 0.1586406 Incl. 1.57180 +0.21972313 +0.30564355 P 3.82 H 7.13 G 0.10 From 654 observations at 52 oppositions, 1869-1993, mean residual 0".67.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 11 19.95 +02 24.6 2.040 2.552 110.2 21.2 11.8 2003 01 06 11 21.16 +02 14.6 1.985 2.560 115.0 20.4 11.7 2003 01 11 11 21.73 +02 08.8 1.932 2.568 119.9 19.4 11.7 2003 01 16 11 21.63 +02 07.3 1.882 2.576 125.0 18.2 11.6 2003 01 21 11 20.86 +02 10.3 1.836 2.584 130.3 16.9 11.5 2003 01 26 11 19.41 +02 17.9 1.793 2.591 135.8 15.4 11.4 2003 01 31 11 17.29 +02 29.9 1.755 2.599 141.4 13.7 11.3 2003 02 05 11 14.54 +02 46.4 1.722 2.606 147.2 11.8 11.2 2003 02 10 11 11.22 +03 06.8 1.695 2.614 153.2 9.8 11.0 2003 02 15 11 07.41 +03 30.8 1.674 2.621 159.2 7.7 10.9 2003 02 20 11 03.21 +03 57.6 1.660 2.628 165.4 5.5 10.8 2003 02 25 10 58.72 +04 26.7 1.652 2.635 171.5 3.2 10.7 2003 03 02 10 54.09 +04 57.0 1.652 2.642 177.3 1.0 10.5 2003 03 07 10 49.44 +05 27.8 1.659 2.649 175.3 1.8 10.6 2003 03 12 10 44.93 +05 58.1 1.673 2.656 169.3 4.0 10.8 2003 03 17 10 40.69 +06 27.0 1.695 2.663 163.2 6.2 10.9 2003 03 22 10 36.82 +06 53.8 1.723 2.669 157.2 8.3 11.1 2003 03 27 10 33.42 +07 18.0 1.757 2.676 151.4 10.3 11.2 2003 04 01 10 30.57 +07 39.0 1.797 2.682 145.6 12.1 11.3 2003 04 06 10 28.31 +07 56.6 1.843 2.688 140.1 13.8 11.4 2003 04 11 10 26.69 +08 10.5 1.893 2.694 134.7 15.3 11.6 2003 04 16 10 25.71 +08 20.6 1.948 2.700 129.5 16.7 11.7 2003 04 21 10 25.37 +08 26.9 2.007 2.706 124.5 17.8 11.8
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