(21) Lutetia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601(21) Lutetia Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Williams M 227.75460 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25943209 Peri. 250.35044 +0.87559046 +0.48016096 a 2.4347456 Node 80.92262 -0.42075307 +0.81177898 e 0.1636178 Incl. 3.06448 -0.23729351 +0.33235575 P 3.80 H 7.35 G 0.11 U 0 From 814 observations at 58 oppositions, 1866-2000, 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 03 12 15 12.41 -14 35.7 1.928 2.586 121.2 19.2 11.9 2003 03 17 15 12.96 -14 35.2 1.864 2.578 126.1 18.2 11.7 2003 03 22 15 12.82 -14 32.1 1.804 2.570 131.1 17.0 11.6 2003 03 27 15 11.98 -14 26.7 1.747 2.562 136.2 15.6 11.5 2003 04 01 15 10.41 -14 18.7 1.695 2.554 141.6 14.1 11.4 2003 04 06 15 08.15 -14 08.4 1.648 2.546 147.1 12.3 11.2 2003 04 11 15 05.21 -13 56.0 1.606 2.538 152.7 10.4 11.1 2003 04 16 15 01.68 -13 41.7 1.569 2.529 158.4 8.4 11.0 2003 04 21 14 57.61 -13 25.7 1.539 2.521 164.2 6.2 10.8 2003 04 26 14 53.12 -13 08.6 1.515 2.512 170.0 4.0 10.6 2003 05 01 14 48.32 -12 50.7 1.498 2.504 175.4 1.9 10.5 2003 05 06 14 43.37 -12 32.7 1.488 2.495 175.8 1.7 10.4 2003 05 11 14 38.42 -12 15.3 1.484 2.486 170.7 3.8 10.6 2003 05 16 14 33.62 -11 59.1 1.487 2.477 164.9 6.1 10.7 2003 05 21 14 29.11 -11 44.7 1.497 2.469 159.0 8.4 10.8 2003 05 26 14 25.01 -11 32.7 1.512 2.460 153.3 10.7 10.9 2003 05 31 14 21.43 -11 23.5 1.534 2.451 147.6 12.8 11.0 2003 06 05 14 18.46 -11 17.5 1.560 2.442 142.1 14.8 11.1 2003 06 10 14 16.16 -11 15.0 1.591 2.433 136.8 16.6 11.2 2003 06 15 14 14.56 -11 16.2 1.626 2.424 131.7 18.2 11.3 2003 06 20 14 13.67 -11 20.9 1.665 2.415 126.8 19.7 11.4 2003 06 25 14 13.51 -11 29.2 1.707 2.406 122.0 21.0 11.5 2003 06 30 14 14.05 -11 41.0 1.752 2.396 117.4 22.1 11.6 2003 07 05 14 15.29 -11 56.1 1.798 2.387 113.0 23.1 11.7 2003 07 10 14 17.19 -12 14.2 1.847 2.378 108.8 23.9 11.7 2003 07 15 14 19.73 -12 35.1 1.897 2.369 104.7 24.5 11.8 2003 07 20 14 22.86 -12 58.6 1.947 2.360 100.8 25.0 11.9
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