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Minor Planet Center

(39) Laetitia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30777:
   (39) Laetitia
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 Goffin
M 182.83946              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21386777     Peri.  209.57259     +0.98993381     -0.12305592
a   2.7693158      Node   157.17700     +0.13638157     +0.96143568
e   0.1132161      Incl.   10.38431     -0.03783015     +0.24596478
P   4.61           H    6.1           G   0.15           U   0
From 3843 observations at 90 oppositions, 1856-1996, mean residual 0".52.
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 01 26    14 10.27   -06 02.4    2.870    3.080    92.8    18.6    11.8
2004 01 31    14 13.50   -05 59.9    2.797    3.079    97.1    18.5    11.7
2004 02 05    14 16.31   -05 54.3    2.725    3.078   101.5    18.3    11.7
2004 02 10    14 18.69   -05 45.5    2.655    3.077   106.0    18.0    11.6
2004 02 15    14 20.59   -05 33.4    2.586    3.076   110.6    17.5    11.5
2004 02 20    14 21.98   -05 18.0    2.519    3.075   115.4    16.9    11.4
2004 02 25    14 22.85   -04 59.4    2.454    3.073   120.2    16.2    11.4
2004 03 01    14 23.18   -04 37.6    2.393    3.072   125.1    15.3    11.3
2004 03 06    14 22.95   -04 12.8    2.336    3.071   130.2    14.3    11.2
2004 03 11    14 22.17   -03 45.3    2.282    3.069   135.3    13.2    11.1
2004 03 16    14 20.84   -03 15.2    2.234    3.068   140.5    11.9    11.0
2004 03 21    14 18.97   -02 43.0    2.190    3.066   145.8    10.5    10.9
2004 03 26    14 16.60   -02 09.1    2.153    3.064   151.0     9.1    10.8
2004 03 31    14 13.78   -01 34.3    2.122    3.062   156.2     7.6    10.7
2004 04 05    14 10.58   -00 59.1    2.097    3.060   161.0     6.1    10.6
2004 04 10    14 07.07   -00 24.2    2.079    3.058   165.1     4.8    10.5
2004 04 15    14 03.33   +00 09.7    2.069    3.056   167.6     4.0    10.5
2004 04 20    13 59.46   +00 41.7    2.065    3.054   167.6     4.0    10.5
2004 04 25    13 55.57   +01 11.3    2.069    3.052   165.1     4.9    10.5
2004 04 30    13 51.76   +01 37.7    2.079    3.050   161.0     6.2    10.6
2004 05 05    13 48.13   +02 00.5    2.097    3.047   156.3     7.6    10.7
2004 05 10    13 44.75   +02 19.2    2.120    3.045   151.3     9.2    10.8
2004 05 15    13 41.71   +02 33.8    2.150    3.042   146.1    10.7    10.9
2004 05 20    13 39.07   +02 43.9    2.185    3.039   141.0    12.1    10.9
2004 05 25    13 36.87   +02 49.5    2.226    3.037   135.9    13.4    11.0
2004 05 30    13 35.17   +02 50.8    2.271    3.034   131.0    14.6    11.1
2004 06 04    13 33.97   +02 47.8    2.320    3.031   126.1    15.7    11.2
2004 06 09    13 33.29   +02 40.9    2.372    3.028   121.4    16.6    11.3
2004 06 14    13 33.12   +02 30.3    2.428    3.025   116.8    17.4    11.3
2004 06 19    13 33.46   +02 16.2    2.486    3.022   112.3    18.1    11.4
2004 06 24    13 34.30   +01 58.9    2.546    3.018   108.0    18.7    11.5
2004 06 29    13 35.62   +01 38.6    2.608    3.015   103.7    19.1    11.5
2004 07 04    13 37.41   +01 15.8    2.670    3.012    99.6    19.4    11.6
2004 07 09    13 39.62   +00 50.6    2.734    3.008    95.6    19.7    11.7
2004 07 14    13 42.26   +00 23.4    2.798    3.005    91.7    19.8    11.7

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