(93) Minerva
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552(93) Minerva Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin M 349.09070 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21559061 Peri. 275.71091 +0.17074395 +0.98525611 a 2.7545426 Node 4.16698 -0.83485049 +0.15048956 e 0.1407961 Incl. 8.55723 -0.52332702 +0.08138361 P 4.57 H 7.7 G 0.15 U 0 From 720 observations at 65 oppositions, 1867-2003, 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 07 04 23 01.76 -15 19.4 1.748 2.436 121.3 20.9 11.9 2004 07 09 23 02.44 -15 17.3 1.702 2.440 125.8 19.8 11.8 2004 07 14 23 02.42 -15 18.3 1.660 2.445 130.5 18.4 11.7 2004 07 19 23 01.67 -15 22.3 1.621 2.450 135.3 16.9 11.6 2004 07 24 23 00.21 -15 29.0 1.586 2.455 140.4 15.3 11.5 2004 07 29 22 58.06 -15 37.9 1.555 2.461 145.5 13.5 11.4 2004 08 03 22 55.25 -15 48.5 1.530 2.466 150.8 11.6 11.3 2004 08 08 22 51.84 -16 00.2 1.510 2.472 156.2 9.5 11.2 2004 08 13 22 47.91 -16 12.5 1.495 2.477 161.6 7.4 11.1 2004 08 18 22 43.57 -16 24.4 1.487 2.483 166.7 5.4 11.0 2004 08 23 22 38.95 -16 35.3 1.485 2.489 171.1 3.6 10.9 2004 08 28 22 34.19 -16 44.4 1.489 2.495 172.7 2.9 10.9 2004 09 02 22 29.45 -16 51.0 1.501 2.501 170.2 3.9 10.9 2004 09 07 22 24.86 -16 54.8 1.518 2.507 165.6 5.7 11.1 2004 09 12 22 20.57 -16 55.3 1.542 2.513 160.4 7.7 11.2 2004 09 17 22 16.70 -16 52.4 1.573 2.519 155.0 9.7 11.3 2004 09 22 22 13.35 -16 45.9 1.609 2.526 149.6 11.6 11.5 2004 09 27 22 10.61 -16 35.9 1.650 2.532 144.2 13.4 11.6 2004 10 02 22 08.52 -16 22.5 1.697 2.539 139.0 15.0 11.7 2004 10 07 22 07.10 -16 05.9 1.748 2.545 133.9 16.4 11.8 2004 10 12 22 06.37 -15 46.3 1.803 2.552 129.0 17.7 11.9
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