(68) Leto
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 57621(68) Leto Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 Goffin M 236.25421 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21211325 Peri. 305.12137 +0.97712051 +0.18946752 a 2.7845660 Node 44.18281 -0.11997215 +0.86615708 e 0.1849814 Incl. 7.96965 -0.17561946 +0.46246510 P 4.65 H 6.78 G 0.05 U 0 From 1282 observations at 93 oppositions, 1861-2003, 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 04 01 15 23.94 -17 53.6 2.224 3.042 138.1 12.7 11.8 2005 04 06 15 21.74 -17 55.0 2.171 3.034 143.5 11.3 11.7 2005 04 11 15 18.96 -17 54.6 2.123 3.027 149.1 9.8 11.5 2005 04 16 15 15.66 -17 52.6 2.081 3.019 154.8 8.2 11.4 2005 04 21 15 11.90 -17 49.0 2.045 3.011 160.5 6.4 11.3 2005 04 26 15 07.74 -17 43.9 2.016 3.003 166.4 4.5 11.1 2005 05 01 15 03.30 -17 37.5 1.994 2.995 172.3 2.6 11.0 2005 05 06 14 58.66 -17 30.1 1.978 2.987 178.1 0.6 10.8 2005 05 11 14 53.95 -17 21.9 1.971 2.979 175.8 1.4 10.8 2005 05 16 14 49.29 -17 13.4 1.970 2.970 169.9 3.4 11.0 2005 05 21 14 44.80 -17 05.0 1.976 2.962 164.0 5.4 11.1 2005 05 26 14 40.58 -16 57.2 1.989 2.954 158.2 7.3 11.2 2005 05 31 14 36.73 -16 50.2 2.008 2.945 152.5 9.2 11.3 2005 06 05 14 33.33 -16 44.5 2.034 2.936 146.9 10.9 11.4 2005 06 10 14 30.44 -16 40.6 2.065 2.928 141.4 12.5 11.5 2005 06 15 14 28.12 -16 38.6 2.101 2.919 136.1 14.0 11.6 2005 06 20 14 26.39 -16 38.8 2.141 2.910 130.9 15.3 11.7 2005 06 25 14 25.28 -16 41.3 2.186 2.901 125.9 16.5 11.8 2005 06 30 14 24.77 -16 46.2 2.233 2.892 121.1 17.5 11.9
