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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(40237) 1998 VM6

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 97283
 (40237) 1998 VM6
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 252.65438              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.08219236     Peri.  127.39497     +0.22559208     -0.97053803
a   5.2390003      Node   309.35014     +0.85567255     +0.23892781
e   0.2192196      Incl.    6.28399     +0.46576035     +0.03113559
P  12.0            H   11.6           G   0.15           U   2
From 138 observations at 5 oppositions, 1998-2003, mean residual 0".58.
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
2009 10 26    23 51.77   +06 15.9    3.755    4.624   147.4     6.6    18.3
2009 10 31    23 50.14   +06 02.7    3.792    4.616   142.1     7.6    18.4
2009 11 05    23 48.81   +05 50.9    3.835    4.608   136.8     8.5    18.4
2009 11 10    23 47.80   +05 40.6    3.883    4.600   131.6     9.3    18.5
2009 11 15    23 47.12   +05 32.0    3.936    4.592   126.4    10.0    18.5
2009 11 20    23 46.80   +05 25.3    3.993    4.584   121.3    10.6    18.6
2009 11 25    23 46.82   +05 20.7    4.054    4.577   116.2    11.2    18.6
2009 11 30    23 47.20   +05 18.2    4.117    4.569   111.3    11.6    18.7
2009 12 05    23 47.93   +05 17.8    4.183    4.561   106.4    12.0    18.7
2009 12 10    23 49.00   +05 19.6    4.251    4.553   101.6    12.2    18.8
2009 12 15    23 50.39   +05 23.6    4.321    4.545    96.9    12.4    18.8
2009 12 20    23 52.11   +05 29.7    4.391    4.538    92.3    12.5    18.8
2009 12 25    23 54.13   +05 37.9    4.461    4.530    87.7    12.5    18.9
2009 12 30    23 56.44   +05 48.1    4.531    4.522    83.3    12.5    18.9
2010 01 04    23 59.03   +06 00.3    4.601    4.515    78.9    12.3    18.9
2010 01 09    00 01.87   +06 14.3    4.669    4.507    74.5    12.1    18.9
2010 01 14    00 04.96   +06 30.2    4.736    4.500    70.3    11.9    19.0
2010 01 19    00 08.27   +06 47.7    4.801    4.492    66.1    11.5    19.0
2010 01 24    00 11.80   +07 06.8    4.863    4.485    61.9    11.2    19.0
2010 01 29    00 15.52   +07 27.4    4.923    4.477    57.9    10.7    19.0
2010 02 03    00 19.43   +07 49.4    4.980    4.470    53.8    10.3    19.0
2010 02 08    00 23.51   +08 12.6    5.034    4.463    49.9     9.7    19.0
2010 02 13    00 27.74   +08 37.1    5.085    4.456    46.0     9.2    19.0
2010 02 18    00 32.12   +09 02.6    5.132    4.448    42.1     8.6    19.0
2010 02 23    00 36.62   +09 29.1    5.175    4.441    38.3     7.9    19.0
2010 02 28    00 41.25   +09 56.4    5.214    4.434    34.6     7.3    19.0
2010 03 05    00 45.99   +10 24.6    5.249    4.427    30.9     6.6    18.9

2010 06 03    02 19.62   +19 28.6    5.117    4.308    33.5     7.5    18.9
2010 06 08    02 24.74   +19 56.6    5.069    4.302    36.9     8.2    18.9
2010 06 13    02 29.80   +20 24.0    5.018    4.295    40.4     8.8    18.9
2010 06 18    02 34.77   +20 50.8    4.963    4.290    43.9     9.5    18.9
2010 06 23    02 39.64   +21 16.9    4.905    4.284    47.4    10.1    18.9
2010 06 28    02 44.40   +21 42.3    4.844    4.278    51.0    10.6    18.9
2010 07 03    02 49.05   +22 06.9    4.780    4.272    54.6    11.2    18.8
2010 07 08    02 53.55   +22 30.9    4.713    4.266    58.2    11.7    18.8
2010 07 13    02 57.90   +22 54.0    4.644    4.261    61.9    12.1    18.8
2010 07 18    03 02.08   +23 16.3    4.573    4.255    65.6    12.6    18.8
2010 07 23    03 06.06   +23 37.8    4.500    4.250    69.4    12.9    18.8
2010 07 28    03 09.84   +23 58.4    4.425    4.244    73.2    13.2    18.7
2010 08 02    03 13.39   +24 18.1    4.349    4.239    77.1    13.5    18.7
2010 08 07    03 16.69   +24 36.9    4.271    4.233    81.0    13.7    18.7
2010 08 12    03 19.72   +24 54.7    4.193    4.228    85.1    13.8    18.6
2010 08 17    03 22.46   +25 11.5    4.115    4.223    89.2    13.9    18.6
2010 08 22    03 24.88   +25 27.2    4.036    4.218    93.3    13.9    18.5
2010 08 27    03 26.97   +25 41.9    3.958    4.213    97.6    13.8    18.5
2010 09 01    03 28.71   +25 55.4    3.881    4.208   102.0    13.6    18.4
2010 09 06    03 30.07   +26 07.6    3.805    4.203   106.4    13.3    18.4
2010 09 11    03 31.03   +26 18.6    3.731    4.198   111.0    12.9    18.3
2010 09 16    03 31.59   +26 28.2    3.659    4.194   115.6    12.5    18.3
2010 09 21    03 31.72   +26 36.2    3.590    4.189   120.4    11.9    18.2
2010 09 26    03 31.43   +26 42.7    3.525    4.185   125.3    11.3    18.1
2010 10 01    03 30.72   +26 47.4    3.463    4.180   130.2    10.5    18.1
2010 10 06    03 29.59   +26 50.3    3.405    4.176   135.3     9.7    18.0
2010 10 11    03 28.05   +26 51.3    3.353    4.171   140.4     8.8    17.9
2010 10 16    03 26.14   +26 50.3    3.306    4.167   145.7     7.8    17.8
2010 10 21    03 23.88   +26 47.3    3.265    4.163   150.9     6.7    17.8
2010 10 26    03 21.33   +26 42.1    3.230    4.159   156.2     5.5    17.7
2010 10 31    03 18.53   +26 35.0    3.202    4.155   161.3     4.4    17.6
2010 11 05    03 15.55   +26 25.8    3.181    4.151   166.2     3.3    17.5
2010 11 10    03 12.45   +26 14.8    3.168    4.147   170.3     2.3    17.5
2010 11 15    03 09.32   +26 02.2    3.162    4.143   171.9     1.9    17.4
2010 11 20    03 06.22   +25 48.3    3.163    4.140   169.9     2.4    17.5
2010 11 25    03 03.22   +25 33.3    3.172    4.136   165.7     3.4    17.5
2010 11 30    03 00.40   +25 17.7    3.189    4.133   160.7     4.5    17.6

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