(100) Hekate
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 27886:(100) Hekate Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin M 309.14567 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18124738 Peri. 185.96471 +0.68549724 +0.72261158 a 3.0923470 Node 127.35092 -0.66328128 +0.67023298 e 0.1644552 Incl. 6.43030 -0.30025236 +0.16917520 P 5.44 H 7.67 G 0.15 U 1 From 263 observations at 71 oppositions, 1868-1996, mean residual 1".00.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 06 04 20 00.62 -16 37.0 1.821 2.635 134.7 15.9 11.9 2004 06 09 19 59.86 -16 44.8 1.774 2.631 139.7 14.5 11.8 2004 06 14 19 58.48 -16 55.4 1.731 2.627 144.8 12.9 11.7 2004 06 19 19 56.49 -17 08.7 1.694 2.623 150.0 11.2 11.6 2004 06 24 19 53.95 -17 24.5 1.661 2.620 155.4 9.3 11.5 2004 06 29 19 50.92 -17 42.6 1.635 2.616 160.9 7.3 11.4 2004 07 04 19 47.49 -18 02.7 1.614 2.613 166.5 5.2 11.2 2004 07 09 19 43.74 -18 24.2 1.599 2.610 172.0 3.1 11.1 2004 07 14 19 39.81 -18 46.8 1.592 2.607 176.8 1.2 10.9 2004 07 19 19 35.80 -19 10.0 1.590 2.604 175.3 1.8 11.0 2004 07 24 19 31.87 -19 33.2 1.595 2.602 170.0 3.9 11.1 2004 07 29 19 28.14 -19 56.1 1.607 2.599 164.4 6.0 11.2 2004 08 03 19 24.74 -20 18.1 1.625 2.597 158.8 8.1 11.4 2004 08 08 19 21.76 -20 39.0 1.649 2.595 153.3 10.1 11.5 2004 08 13 19 19.31 -20 58.6 1.678 2.593 147.9 12.0 11.6 2004 08 18 19 17.45 -21 16.6 1.713 2.591 142.7 13.7 11.7 2004 08 23 19 16.24 -21 32.9 1.752 2.590 137.5 15.3 11.8
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