(245) Vera
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25033:(245) Vera Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 300.59791 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18102297 Peri. 327.04970 +0.87586903 -0.47598266 a 3.0949022 Node 61.56987 +0.45995347 +0.77377612 e 0.2008061 Incl. 5.17594 +0.14593237 +0.41798447 P 5.44 H 7.82 G 0.15 U 1 From 88 observations at 31 oppositions, 1916-1994, mean residual 0".92.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 24.81 +08 58.2 1.731 2.481 127.9 18.7 11.9 2003 09 13 02 24.92 +08 58.4 1.684 2.479 132.7 17.4 11.8 2003 09 18 02 24.35 +08 56.1 1.640 2.477 137.7 15.9 11.7 2003 09 23 02 23.10 +08 51.4 1.601 2.476 142.8 14.2 11.6 2003 09 28 02 21.19 +08 44.5 1.567 2.475 148.1 12.3 11.5 2003 10 03 02 18.66 +08 35.8 1.538 2.474 153.6 10.4 11.4 2003 10 08 02 15.59 +08 25.6 1.514 2.474 159.2 8.2 11.3 2003 10 13 02 12.06 +08 14.4 1.497 2.474 164.8 6.1 11.1 2003 10 18 02 08.18 +08 02.7 1.486 2.474 170.3 3.9 11.0 2003 10 23 02 04.08 +07 51.2 1.481 2.474 174.9 2.1 10.9 2003 10 28 01 59.90 +07 40.3 1.483 2.474 174.5 2.2 10.9 2003 11 02 01 55.80 +07 31.0 1.492 2.475 169.6 4.1 11.0 2003 11 07 01 51.91 +07 23.6 1.508 2.476 164.1 6.3 11.2 2003 11 12 01 48.36 +07 18.7 1.530 2.477 158.4 8.5 11.3 2003 11 17 01 45.25 +07 16.8 1.558 2.478 152.7 10.5 11.4 2003 11 22 01 42.68 +07 18.1 1.592 2.480 147.1 12.5 11.5 2003 11 27 01 40.72 +07 22.8 1.631 2.482 141.7 14.3 11.7 2003 12 02 01 39.41 +07 31.1 1.675 2.484 136.4 15.9 11.8 2003 12 07 01 38.78 +07 42.9 1.724 2.487 131.3 17.3 11.9
Back to Bright Minor Planets
Astronomical Headlines
Index
