Printer-friendly version

IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(12) Victoria

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:
   (12) Victoria
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M  25.29013              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27636181     Peri.   69.77435     +0.56998491     +0.81285680
a   2.3342679      Node   235.55044     -0.79766476     +0.51240673
e   0.2207094      Incl.    8.36188     -0.19709930     +0.27695336
P   3.57           H    7.24          G   0.22
From 995 observations at 49 oppositions, 1850-1994, mean residual 0".62.
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 10 12    06 20.97   +20 21.6    2.135    2.566   104.0    22.2    11.9
2004 10 17    06 22.85   +20 03.7    2.080    2.576   108.5    21.5    11.8
2004 10 22    06 24.03   +19 45.5    2.027    2.586   113.2    20.7    11.8
2004 10 27    06 24.48   +19 27.1    1.976    2.596   118.0    19.8    11.7
2004 11 01    06 24.16   +19 08.6    1.928    2.605   123.0    18.6    11.6
2004 11 06    06 23.07   +18 50.1    1.882    2.614   128.2    17.3    11.5
2004 11 11    06 21.20   +18 31.8    1.841    2.624   133.6    15.8    11.4
2004 11 16    06 18.57   +18 13.7    1.803    2.633   139.2    14.2    11.4
2004 11 21    06 15.21   +17 55.9    1.771    2.642   144.9    12.4    11.3
2004 11 26    06 11.19   +17 38.7    1.745    2.650   150.8    10.5    11.2
2004 12 01    06 06.60   +17 21.9    1.724    2.659   156.7     8.4    11.1
2004 12 06    06 01.55   +17 05.9    1.711    2.667   162.6     6.3    11.0
2004 12 11    05 56.16   +16 50.8    1.704    2.675   168.2     4.3    10.9
2004 12 16    05 50.58   +16 36.7    1.705    2.684   172.4     2.8    10.8
2004 12 21    05 45.00   +16 23.8    1.713    2.691   172.4     2.8    10.8
2004 12 26    05 39.55   +16 12.4    1.729    2.699   168.2     4.3    10.9
2004 12 31    05 34.40   +16 02.5    1.752    2.707   162.7     6.2    11.1
2005 01 05    05 29.66   +15 54.4    1.782    2.714   156.8     8.2    11.2
2005 01 10    05 25.45   +15 48.1    1.819    2.721   151.0    10.1    11.3
2005 01 15    05 21.85   +15 43.8    1.862    2.728   145.2    11.9    11.4
2005 01 20    05 18.94   +15 41.4    1.911    2.735   139.5    13.5    11.5
2005 01 25    05 16.74   +15 40.8    1.964    2.741   134.0    15.0    11.7
2005 01 30    05 15.26   +15 42.0    2.023    2.748   128.6    16.3    11.8

Back to Bright Minor Planets

Astronomical Headlines Index


Valid HTML 4.01!