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Minor Planet Center

(19) Fortuna

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552
   (19) Fortuna
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 294.26188              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25833290     Peri.  182.06598     +0.83446270     -0.55087902
a   2.4416472      Node   211.37482     +0.50598461     +0.77621673
e   0.1593643      Incl.    1.57324     +0.21829241     +0.30662664
P   3.82           H    7.13          G   0.10           U   0
From 2354 observations at 94 oppositions, 1852-2003, mean residual 0".57.
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.

Personalized ephemerides for this object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2005 07 30    02 15.16   +14 20.6    1.809    2.082    90.5    29.2    11.4
2005 08 04    02 21.98   +14 52.9    1.752    2.078    93.5    29.2    11.3
2005 08 09    02 28.44   +15 22.5    1.696    2.075    96.7    29.0    11.2
2005 08 14    02 34.51   +15 49.3    1.640    2.071   100.0    28.8    11.1
2005 08 19    02 40.13   +16 13.0    1.585    2.068   103.4    28.4    11.0
2005 08 24    02 45.26   +16 33.7    1.531    2.066   106.9    27.9    11.0
2005 08 29    02 49.83   +16 51.1    1.478    2.063   110.6    27.3    10.9
2005 09 03    02 53.78   +17 05.1    1.427    2.061   114.5    26.5    10.7
2005 09 08    02 57.06   +17 15.7    1.378    2.059   118.5    25.5    10.6
2005 09 13    02 59.60   +17 22.6    1.331    2.057   122.8    24.3    10.5
2005 09 18    03 01.36   +17 25.8    1.286    2.056   127.2    22.9    10.4
2005 09 23    03 02.29   +17 25.2    1.244    2.055   131.9    21.3    10.3
2005 09 28    03 02.37   +17 20.7    1.205    2.054   136.8    19.5    10.1
2005 10 03    03 01.56   +17 12.2    1.170    2.053   141.9    17.5    10.0
2005 10 08    02 59.89   +16 59.7    1.140    2.053   147.3    15.2     9.9
2005 10 13    02 57.42   +16 43.4    1.114    2.053   152.9    12.8     9.7
2005 10 18    02 54.22   +16 23.7    1.093    2.053   158.7    10.2     9.6
2005 10 23    02 50.42   +16 01.0    1.077    2.053   164.6     7.4     9.4
2005 10 28    02 46.17   +15 35.9    1.067    2.054   170.7     4.5     9.3
2005 11 02    02 41.64   +15 09.3    1.064    2.055   176.9     1.5     9.0
2005 11 07    02 37.05   +14 42.1    1.066    2.057   176.8     1.5     9.0
2005 11 12    02 32.60   +14 15.4    1.075    2.058   170.7     4.5     9.3
2005 11 17    02 28.49   +13 50.5    1.090    2.060   164.6     7.3     9.5
2005 11 22    02 24.87   +13 28.1    1.111    2.062   158.6    10.1     9.6
2005 11 27    02 21.89   +13 09.0    1.137    2.065   152.7    12.6     9.8
2005 12 02    02 19.64   +12 54.1    1.169    2.067   147.1    15.0     9.9
2005 12 07    02 18.19   +12 43.6    1.206    2.070   141.6    17.2    10.1
2005 12 12    02 17.59   +12 37.9    1.247    2.074   136.4    19.1    10.2
2005 12 17    02 17.83   +12 36.9    1.291    2.077   131.3    20.8    10.4
2005 12 22    02 18.90   +12 40.4    1.339    2.081   126.5    22.3    10.5
2005 12 27    02 20.75   +12 48.2    1.391    2.085   121.9    23.6    10.6

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