(69) Hesperia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 27086:(69) Hesperia Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 229.59731 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19148151 Peri. 289.80396 -0.42145452 -0.90674924 a 2.9811568 Node 185.18270 +0.87785358 -0.40420283 e 0.1648945 Incl. 8.58681 +0.22748445 -0.12010784 P 5.15 H 7.05 G 0.19 U 1 From 449 observations at 69 oppositions, 1861-1993, mean residual 1".01.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 09 08 02 21.63 +10 46.6 2.201 2.932 128.1 15.7 11.9 2003 09 13 02 21.32 +10 27.9 2.142 2.924 133.1 14.5 11.8 2003 09 18 02 20.44 +10 06.0 2.087 2.916 138.3 13.3 11.7 2003 09 23 02 18.99 +09 40.9 2.038 2.907 143.6 11.8 11.6 2003 09 28 02 17.01 +09 12.8 1.993 2.899 149.1 10.2 11.5 2003 10 03 02 14.53 +08 42.1 1.955 2.891 154.6 8.5 11.4 2003 10 08 02 11.61 +08 09.3 1.922 2.882 160.2 6.7 11.2 2003 10 13 02 08.31 +07 35.0 1.896 2.874 165.8 4.9 11.1 2003 10 18 02 04.74 +06 59.7 1.877 2.866 171.0 3.1 11.0 2003 10 23 02 00.97 +06 24.4 1.865 2.857 174.3 2.0 10.9 2003 10 28 01 57.13 +05 49.6 1.861 2.849 172.5 2.6 10.9 2003 11 02 01 53.33 +05 16.4 1.863 2.841 167.6 4.3 11.0 2003 11 07 01 49.70 +04 45.5 1.873 2.833 162.0 6.2 11.1 2003 11 12 01 46.32 +04 17.6 1.890 2.824 156.3 8.1 11.2 2003 11 17 01 43.31 +03 53.2 1.913 2.816 150.6 9.9 11.3 2003 11 22 01 40.72 +03 32.8 1.942 2.808 144.9 11.7 11.4 2003 11 27 01 38.64 +03 16.7 1.976 2.800 139.4 13.3 11.5 2003 12 02 01 37.11 +03 05.1 2.016 2.792 133.9 14.7 11.6 2003 12 07 01 36.16 +02 58.0 2.060 2.784 128.7 16.0 11.7 2003 12 12 01 35.81 +02 55.4 2.108 2.776 123.5 17.2 11.7 2003 12 17 01 36.04 +02 57.1 2.159 2.768 118.6 18.2 11.8
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