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(19) Fortuna

Orbital Elements

   (19) Fortuna
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 Goffin
M 190.81604              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25839446     Peri.  182.14073     +0.83367827     -0.55206534
a   2.4412593      Node   211.38157     +0.50708694     +0.77549656
e   0.1593395      Incl.    1.57327     +0.21873129     +0.30631511
P   3.81           H    7.13          G   0.10           U   0
From 2354 observations at 94 oppositions, 1852-2003, mean residual 0".57.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2004 04 15    17 17.04   -21 58.1    2.060    2.763   125.3    17.2    11.9
2004 04 20    17 16.57   -21 53.9    2.001    2.759   130.3    16.1    11.8
2004 04 25    17 15.39   -21 48.8    1.946    2.754   135.4    14.9    11.7
2004 04 30    17 13.52   -21 42.9    1.895    2.750   140.7    13.4    11.5
2004 05 05    17 10.97   -21 36.1    1.849    2.745   146.1    11.8    11.4
2004 05 10    17 07.78   -21 28.5    1.808    2.740   151.7    10.1    11.3
2004 05 15    17 04.01   -21 20.0    1.774    2.735   157.4     8.2    11.2
2004 05 20    16 59.73   -21 10.6    1.745    2.730   163.2     6.1    11.0
2004 05 25    16 55.06   -21 00.5    1.723    2.724   169.1     4.0    10.9
2004 05 30    16 50.11   -20 49.7    1.708    2.719   174.9     1.9    10.7
2004 06 04    16 45.02   -20 38.5    1.699    2.713   178.0     0.8    10.6
2004 06 09    16 39.93   -20 27.0    1.698    2.708   172.6     2.8    10.7
2004 06 14    16 34.98   -20 15.7    1.703    2.702   166.8     4.9    10.9
2004 06 19    16 30.30   -20 04.8    1.715    2.696   160.9     7.1    11.0
2004 06 24    16 26.01   -19 54.8    1.733    2.690   155.1     9.1    11.1
2004 06 29    16 22.23   -19 45.9    1.758    2.683   149.5    11.1    11.2
2004 07 04    16 19.03   -19 38.4    1.787    2.677   144.0    12.9    11.3
2004 07 09    16 16.45   -19 32.6    1.822    2.671   138.6    14.6    11.4
2004 07 14    16 14.55   -19 28.7    1.862    2.664   133.4    16.1    11.5
2004 07 19    16 13.35   -19 26.7    1.905    2.658   128.3    17.5    11.6
2004 07 24    16 12.86   -19 26.6    1.952    2.651   123.4    18.6    11.7
2004 07 29    16 13.06   -19 28.5    2.002    2.644   118.7    19.7    11.8
2004 08 03    16 13.94   -19 32.2    2.054    2.637   114.2    20.6    11.9

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