(39) Laetitia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30777:(39) Laetitia Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 97.75923 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21365247 Peri. 209.29128 +0.99050417 -0.11844842 a 2.7711760 Node 157.19257 +0.13188329 +0.96202303 e 0.1117093 Incl. 10.37299 -0.03883665 +0.24593019 P 4.61 H 6.1 G 0.15 U 0 From 3843 observations at 90 oppositions, 1856-1996, mean residual 0".52.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 09 07.16 +08 17.1 2.044 2.888 142.7 11.9 10.7 2003 01 06 09 04.38 +08 33.8 2.010 2.893 148.3 10.3 10.6 2003 01 11 09 01.12 +08 54.3 1.982 2.898 154.1 8.5 10.5 2003 01 16 08 57.45 +09 18.2 1.960 2.903 159.8 6.7 10.4 2003 01 21 08 53.47 +09 45.1 1.946 2.908 165.4 4.9 10.3 2003 01 26 08 49.28 +10 14.4 1.938 2.913 170.4 3.2 10.2 2003 01 31 08 44.99 +10 45.7 1.938 2.918 173.0 2.4 10.1 2003 02 05 08 40.72 +11 18.2 1.945 2.923 170.9 3.1 10.2 2003 02 10 08 36.61 +11 51.2 1.960 2.928 166.1 4.7 10.3 2003 02 15 08 32.77 +12 24.0 1.983 2.932 160.6 6.4 10.4 2003 02 20 08 29.29 +12 56.1 2.012 2.937 154.9 8.2 10.5 2003 02 25 08 26.26 +13 26.8 2.047 2.942 149.2 9.9 10.6 2003 03 02 08 23.74 +13 55.9 2.089 2.946 143.6 11.5 10.8 2003 03 07 08 21.80 +14 22.9 2.137 2.951 138.1 13.0 10.9 2003 03 12 08 20.45 +14 47.7 2.189 2.955 132.8 14.3 11.0 2003 03 17 08 19.72 +15 09.9 2.246 2.959 127.6 15.4 11.1 2003 03 22 08 19.61 +15 29.5 2.306 2.964 122.5 16.5 11.2 2003 03 27 08 20.09 +15 46.5 2.370 2.968 117.7 17.3 11.2 2003 04 01 08 21.15 +16 00.8 2.437 2.972 112.9 18.0 11.3 2003 04 06 08 22.77 +16 12.5 2.506 2.976 108.4 18.6 11.4 2003 04 11 08 24.92 +16 21.5 2.576 2.980 103.9 19.0 11.5 2003 04 16 08 27.56 +16 27.9 2.648 2.984 99.6 19.4 11.6 2003 04 21 08 30.66 +16 31.9 2.720 2.988 95.4 19.6 11.6
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