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Minor Planet Center

(72) Feronia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552
   (72) Feronia
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 304.77392              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.28892862     Peri.  102.55785     +0.65002811     +0.75860449
a   2.2660823      Node   208.14109     -0.72871402     +0.60565511
e   0.1202579      Incl.    5.41730     -0.21549787     +0.24021058
P   3.41           H    8.94          G   0.15           U   0
From 805 observations at 61 oppositions, 1862-2003, 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.

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 06 20    20 51.05   -07 53.9    1.153    2.005   135.0    21.0    11.8
2005 06 25    20 50.35   -07 36.5    1.117    2.003   139.6    19.2    11.7
2005 06 30    20 48.85   -07 23.9    1.084    2.001   144.4    17.2    11.5
2005 07 05    20 46.56   -07 16.5    1.056    1.999   149.3    15.0    11.4
2005 07 10    20 43.57   -07 14.5    1.032    1.998   154.3    12.7    11.3
2005 07 15    20 39.96   -07 17.9    1.013    1.996   159.2    10.4    11.1
2005 07 20    20 35.89   -07 26.7    0.999    1.995   163.8     8.2    11.0
2005 07 25    20 31.49   -07 40.5    0.991    1.995   167.5     6.3    10.9
2005 07 30    20 26.95   -07 58.7    0.988    1.994   169.1     5.5    10.9
2005 08 04    20 22.45   -08 20.8    0.990    1.994   167.8     6.2    10.9
2005 08 09    20 18.20   -08 45.9    0.999    1.993   164.3     7.9    11.0
2005 08 14    20 14.38   -09 13.0    1.012    1.994   159.7    10.1    11.1
2005 08 19    20 11.14   -09 41.1    1.031    1.994   154.8    12.5    11.2
2005 08 24    20 08.60   -10 09.5    1.055    1.994   149.8    14.8    11.4
2005 08 29    20 06.85   -10 37.3    1.083    1.995   144.8    17.0    11.5
2005 09 03    20 05.95   -11 03.8    1.116    1.996   139.9    19.0    11.6
2005 09 08    20 05.93   -11 28.5    1.153    1.997   135.1    20.8    11.8

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