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(25143) Itokawa

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO114553

 (25143) Itokawa
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M  92.09517              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.64692090     Peri.  162.78510     -0.61727583     +0.78630236
a   1.3240425      Node    69.08936     -0.72511745     -0.55556084
e   0.2801560      Incl.    1.62202     -0.30524618     -0.27033453
P   1.52           H   19.2           G   0.15           U   0
From 926 observations at 3 oppositions, 1998-2007, mean residual 0".53.

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 (and other) objects may be generated using the Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 04 14    03 09.97   +17 38.6    2.526    1.678    25.6    15.0    23.2

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