(4) Vesta
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(4) Vesta
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 341.59209 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27151653 Peri. 150.18003 -0.27024879 +0.95521492
a 2.3619563 Node 103.91841 -0.90608884 -0.21000084
e 0.0893657 Incl. 7.13380 -0.32552819 -0.20848044
P 3.63 H 3.20 G 0.32
From 5168 observations at 56 oppositions, 1841-1993, 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 2007 03 02 16 25.41 -14 05.1 1.877 2.182 94.0 26.9 7.2 2007 03 07 16 31.48 -14 10.8 1.816 2.180 97.5 26.8 7.2 2007 03 12 16 37.07 -14 14.5 1.755 2.177 101.1 26.6 7.1 2007 03 17 16 42.14 -14 16.4 1.696 2.174 104.8 26.3 7.0 2007 03 22 16 46.63 -14 16.8 1.638 2.172 108.6 25.8 6.9 2007 03 27 16 50.48 -14 15.8 1.581 2.170 112.6 25.1 6.8 2007 04 01 16 53.67 -14 13.7 1.526 2.167 116.7 24.3 6.7 2007 04 06 16 56.14 -14 10.8 1.473 2.165 121.0 23.3 6.6 2007 04 11 16 57.84 -14 07.3 1.423 2.163 125.4 22.2 6.5 2007 04 16 16 58.72 -14 03.4 1.375 2.162 130.0 20.8 6.4 2007 04 21 16 58.76 -13 59.5 1.331 2.160 134.8 19.3 6.3 2007 04 26 16 57.95 -13 56.0 1.291 2.158 139.7 17.5 6.2 2007 05 01 16 56.30 -13 53.1 1.254 2.157 144.8 15.6 6.0 2007 05 06 16 53.84 -13 51.1 1.222 2.156 150.1 13.5 5.9 2007 05 11 16 50.63 -13 50.2 1.195 2.155 155.4 11.2 5.8 2007 05 16 16 46.74 -13 50.8 1.173 2.154 160.7 8.9 5.7 2007 05 21 16 42.30 -13 53.2 1.157 2.153 165.9 6.6 5.6 2007 05 26 16 37.47 -13 57.5 1.147 2.152 170.3 4.6 5.5 2007 05 31 16 32.44 -14 03.8 1.143 2.152 172.2 3.7 5.4 2007 06 05 16 27.37 -14 12.4 1.145 2.151 170.1 4.6 5.5 2007 06 10 16 22.46 -14 23.3 1.153 2.151 165.7 6.7 5.6 2007 06 15 16 17.87 -14 36.6 1.166 2.151 160.6 9.0 5.7 2007 06 20 16 13.77 -14 52.2 1.186 2.151 155.3 11.4 5.8 2007 06 25 16 10.30 -15 10.1 1.210 2.151 150.0 13.7 5.9 2007 06 30 16 07.55 -15 30.3 1.240 2.151 144.8 15.8 6.0 2007 07 05 16 05.58 -15 52.4 1.274 2.152 139.7 17.8 6.1 2007 07 10 16 04.42 -16 16.5 1.312 2.152 134.8 19.6 6.2 2007 07 15 16 04.10 -16 42.2 1.353 2.153 130.1 21.2 6.4 2007 07 20 16 04.62 -17 09.3 1.398 2.154 125.6 22.6 6.5 2007 07 25 16 05.95 -17 37.6 1.446 2.155 121.2 23.8 6.6 2007 07 30 16 08.06 -18 06.9 1.496 2.156 117.1 24.8 6.7 2007 08 04 16 10.92 -18 36.7 1.548 2.158 113.1 25.6 6.8 2007 08 09 16 14.47 -19 06.9 1.602 2.159 109.2 26.3 6.9 2007 08 14 16 18.69 -19 37.2 1.657 2.161 105.5 26.9 6.9 2007 08 19 16 23.54 -20 07.3 1.714 2.162 101.9 27.3 7.0 2007 08 24 16 28.97 -20 37.1 1.771 2.164 98.4 27.5 7.1 2007 08 29 16 34.94 -21 06.1 1.830 2.166 95.0 27.7 7.2
