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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(162142) 1998 VR

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO122961
(162142) 1998 VR
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 176.40579              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.20266642     Peri.  170.67748     -0.78900504     +0.55229195
a   0.8757348      Node    46.43973     -0.58491276     -0.54117549
e   0.3181009      Incl.   21.80373     -0.18801093     -0.63411567
P   0.82           H   18.5           G   0.15           U   3
From 231 observations at 4 oppositions, 1998-2007, mean residual 0".68.
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    13 12.34   +00 46.4    1.521    0.652    17.9    28.0    19.7

2010 10 11    14 52.47   -26 25.8    1.285    0.693    32.3    50.4    20.1
2010 10 16    15 20.87   -29 48.6    1.264    0.722    34.8    51.9    20.2
2010 10 21    15 50.71   -32 43.4    1.247    0.752    37.1    52.9    20.3
2010 10 26    16 21.93   -35 06.1    1.235    0.783    39.3    53.5    20.4
2010 10 31    16 54.27   -36 53.4    1.228    0.813    41.3    53.7    20.5
2010 11 05    17 27.28   -38 03.4    1.225    0.844    43.2    53.5    20.5
2010 11 10    18 00.39   -38 35.6    1.227    0.874    44.9    53.1    20.6
2010 11 15    18 32.94   -38 31.5    1.232    0.902    46.3    52.5    20.7
2010 11 20    19 04.36   -37 53.9    1.242    0.930    47.6    51.7    20.7
2010 11 25    19 34.20   -36 47.1    1.256    0.956    48.7    50.8    20.8
2010 11 30    20 02.21   -35 15.9    1.273    0.981    49.5    49.8    20.8

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