(4) Vesta
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(4) Vesta
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 15.64391 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27160711 Peri. 150.22064 -0.26925038 +0.95549918
a 2.3614312 Node 103.93760 -0.90631861 -0.20906785
e 0.0886425 Incl. 7.13329 -0.32571584 -0.20811525
P 3.63 H 3.20 G 0.32
From 5168 observations at 56 oppositions, 1841-1993, mean residual 0".56.
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 2004 06 14 23 38.09 -08 11.0 2.013 2.278 91.5 26.5 7.5 2004 06 19 23 43.43 -07 57.3 1.958 2.283 94.9 26.3 7.4 2004 06 24 23 48.34 -07 47.1 1.904 2.287 98.5 26.1 7.4 2004 06 29 23 52.79 -07 40.7 1.851 2.292 102.2 25.7 7.3 2004 07 04 23 56.74 -07 38.4 1.799 2.297 106.0 25.2 7.2 2004 07 09 00 00.15 -07 40.4 1.747 2.302 109.9 24.5 7.1 2004 07 14 00 02.99 -07 46.9 1.698 2.307 114.0 23.7 7.1 2004 07 19 00 05.21 -07 58.1 1.650 2.312 118.3 22.8 7.0 2004 07 24 00 06.77 -08 14.0 1.604 2.317 122.7 21.6 6.9 2004 07 29 00 07.64 -08 34.6 1.561 2.322 127.3 20.3 6.8 2004 08 03 00 07.81 -08 59.8 1.521 2.327 132.1 18.9 6.7 2004 08 08 00 07.26 -09 29.2 1.485 2.332 137.0 17.2 6.6 2004 08 13 00 05.97 -10 02.6 1.453 2.337 142.1 15.5 6.5 2004 08 18 00 03.96 -10 39.2 1.425 2.342 147.3 13.5 6.4 2004 08 23 00 01.28 -11 18.2 1.403 2.347 152.5 11.5 6.3 2004 08 28 23 58.00 -11 58.6 1.386 2.352 157.6 9.4 6.3 2004 09 02 23 54.21 -12 39.2 1.375 2.357 162.4 7.4 6.2 2004 09 07 23 50.01 -13 18.8 1.370 2.362 166.4 5.7 6.1 2004 09 12 23 45.55 -13 56.3 1.372 2.367 168.6 4.8 6.1 2004 09 17 23 40.97 -14 30.3 1.380 2.371 167.7 5.2 6.1 2004 09 22 23 36.43 -14 59.9 1.394 2.376 164.4 6.5 6.2 2004 09 27 23 32.10 -15 24.2 1.415 2.381 159.9 8.3 6.3 2004 10 02 23 28.11 -15 42.8 1.442 2.386 154.8 10.3 6.4 2004 10 07 23 24.58 -15 55.3 1.475 2.391 149.6 12.2 6.5 2004 10 12 23 21.60 -16 01.7 1.513 2.396 144.4 14.0 6.6 2004 10 17 23 19.26 -16 02.0 1.556 2.401 139.2 15.7 6.7 2004 10 22 23 17.59 -15 56.5 1.604 2.406 134.2 17.3 6.9 2004 10 27 23 16.63 -15 45.5 1.656 2.410 129.2 18.6 7.0 2004 11 01 23 16.36 -15 29.5 1.711 2.415 124.4 19.8 7.1 2004 11 06 23 16.77 -15 08.9 1.769 2.420 119.8 20.8 7.2 2004 11 11 23 17.84 -14 44.2 1.830 2.424 115.3 21.7 7.3 2004 11 16 23 19.55 -14 15.6 1.894 2.429 110.9 22.4 7.4 2004 11 21 23 21.84 -13 43.6 1.959 2.433 106.7 22.9 7.5 2004 11 26 23 24.69 -13 08.5 2.025 2.438 102.5 23.3 7.6 2004 12 01 23 28.03 -12 30.7 2.093 2.442 98.5 23.5 7.6 2004 12 06 23 31.84 -11 50.4 2.161 2.447 94.6 23.7 7.7 2004 12 11 23 36.08 -11 07.9 2.230 2.451 90.9 23.7 7.8
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