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Minor Planet Center

(6) Hebe

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
    (6) Hebe
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M  65.96111              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26095085     Peri.  238.94454     +0.93355696     -0.31675517
a   2.4252894      Node   138.84621     +0.34763999     +0.91414026
e   0.2012031      Incl.   14.76742     -0.08728024     +0.25300938
P   3.78           H    5.71          G   0.24
From 3581 observations at 59 oppositions, 1869-1994, mean residual 0".53.
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 12 07    07 57.40   +06 32.5    1.485    2.272   132.7    18.6     9.2
2003 12 12    07 55.27   +06 45.0    1.454    2.283   138.0    16.8     9.1
2003 12 17    07 52.37   +07 03.2    1.427    2.295   143.5    14.8     9.0
2003 12 22    07 48.76   +07 27.0    1.406    2.306   149.1    12.7     8.9
2003 12 27    07 44.55   +07 56.4    1.390    2.317   154.7    10.5     8.8
2004 01 01    07 39.86   +08 31.0    1.380    2.329   160.0     8.3     8.8
2004 01 06    07 34.85   +09 10.2    1.377    2.340   164.8     6.3     8.7
2004 01 11    07 29.68   +09 53.3    1.381    2.351   167.9     5.0     8.6
2004 01 16    07 24.53   +10 39.2    1.391    2.363   168.1     4.9     8.7
2004 01 21    07 19.55   +11 27.1    1.409    2.374   165.2     6.1     8.8
2004 01 26    07 14.94   +12 15.9    1.434    2.385   160.6     7.9     8.9
2004 01 31    07 10.83   +13 04.7    1.465    2.396   155.4     9.9     9.0
2004 02 05    07 07.34   +13 52.6    1.503    2.408   149.9    11.8     9.1
2004 02 10    07 04.54   +14 39.0    1.547    2.419   144.4    13.7     9.3
2004 02 15    07 02.50   +15 23.4    1.596    2.430   139.1    15.4     9.4
2004 02 20    07 01.23   +16 05.3    1.650    2.441   133.8    17.0     9.5
2004 02 25    07 00.76   +16 44.5    1.708    2.452   128.7    18.4     9.7
2004 03 01    07 01.07   +17 20.9    1.770    2.463   123.8    19.5     9.8
2004 03 06    07 02.13   +17 54.2    1.836    2.474   119.0    20.5     9.9
2004 03 11    07 03.89   +18 24.4    1.903    2.485   114.4    21.4    10.0
2004 03 16    07 06.32   +18 51.6    1.974    2.495   110.0    22.0    10.1
2004 03 21    07 09.37   +19 15.8    2.046    2.506   105.7    22.5    10.2
2004 03 26    07 12.99   +19 37.0    2.119    2.516   101.5    22.9    10.3
2004 03 31    07 17.14   +19 55.2    2.194    2.527    97.5    23.1    10.4
2004 04 05    07 21.76   +20 10.5    2.269    2.537    93.7    23.2    10.5
 
2005 01 15    13 59.82   +00 16.1    2.782    2.905    87.2    19.8    11.1
2005 01 20    14 03.86   +00 23.3    2.714    2.907    91.2    19.8    11.1
2005 01 25    14 07.51   +00 34.2    2.645    2.908    95.4    19.7    11.0
2005 01 30    14 10.74   +00 48.9    2.578    2.910    99.7    19.5    11.0

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