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(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
2008 04 14    23 22.43   -13 42.5    0.797    0.634    39.2    88.2    20.1
2008 04 19    23 41.43   -13 52.9    0.864    0.657    40.3    81.5    20.1
2008 04 24    00 00.22   -13 29.6    0.928    0.682    41.1    75.6    20.1
2008 04 29    00 18.52   -12 41.4    0.989    0.710    41.7    70.5    20.2
2008 05 04    00 36.21   -11 35.5    1.045    0.740    42.2    66.2    20.3
2008 05 09    00 53.23   -10 17.4    1.097    0.771    42.7    62.6    20.4
2008 05 14    01 09.60   -08 51.0    1.144    0.801    43.1    59.6    20.4
2008 05 19    01 25.36   -07 19.5    1.186    0.832    43.6    57.0    20.5
2008 05 24    01 40.58   -05 44.8    1.223    0.862    44.1    54.9    20.6
2008 05 29    01 55.33   -04 08.7    1.256    0.891    44.7    53.1    20.7
2008 06 03    02 09.67   -02 32.2    1.284    0.919    45.3    51.7    20.8
2008 06 08    02 23.67   -00 56.3    1.307    0.946    46.0    50.5    20.8
2008 06 13    02 37.39   +00 38.5    1.326    0.972    46.8    49.6    20.9
2008 06 18    02 50.88   +02 11.9    1.340    0.996    47.6    48.9    21.0
2008 06 23    03 04.20   +03 43.6    1.350    1.018    48.5    48.4    21.0
 
2008 09 01    06 19.65   +21 45.6    1.146    1.152    64.3    52.1    21.0
2008 09 06    06 36.38   +22 47.8    1.115    1.149    65.3    52.9    21.0
2008 09 11    06 53.84   +23 47.0    1.083    1.143    66.2    53.7    20.9
2008 09 16    07 12.15   +24 42.6    1.051    1.136    67.0    54.6    20.9
2008 09 21    07 31.41   +25 33.7    1.018    1.127    67.8    55.5    20.8
2008 09 26    07 51.70   +26 19.0    0.986    1.117    68.3    56.6    20.8
2008 10 01    08 13.12   +26 57.2    0.954    1.104    68.7    57.7    20.7
2008 10 06    08 35.73   +27 26.6    0.924    1.090    68.9    58.8    20.6
2008 10 11    08 59.57   +27 44.8    0.895    1.074    68.9    60.1    20.6
2008 10 16    09 24.65   +27 49.5    0.868    1.057    68.6    61.5    20.5
2008 10 21    09 50.90   +27 37.8    0.845    1.037    68.1    62.9    20.4
2008 10 26    10 18.18   +27 07.2    0.824    1.016    67.2    64.4    20.4
2008 10 31    10 46.28   +26 15.2    0.807    0.994    66.1    66.0    20.3
2008 11 05    11 14.91   +25 00.1    0.794    0.970    64.7    67.6    20.3
2008 11 10    11 43.76   +23 20.8    0.785    0.944    63.0    69.2    20.3
2008 11 15    12 12.51   +21 17.5    0.782    0.917    61.1    70.7    20.3
2008 11 20    12 40.89   +18 51.2    0.784    0.889    58.9    72.1    20.2
2008 11 25    13 08.67   +16 04.4    0.791    0.860    56.6    73.3    20.2
2008 11 30    13 35.72   +13 00.0    0.803    0.830    54.1    74.3    20.2
2008 12 05    14 02.02   +09 41.5    0.821    0.799    51.5    74.9    20.2
2008 12 10    14 27.62   +06 12.3    0.845    0.768    48.9    75.1    20.2
2008 12 15    14 52.70   +02 35.8    0.873    0.738    46.3    74.8    20.2
2008 12 20    15 17.48   -01 04.6    0.907    0.708    43.8    73.9    20.1
2008 12 25    15 42.24   -04 45.4    0.945    0.680    41.3    72.4    20.1
2008 12 30    16 07.26   -08 22.8    0.988    0.655    38.8    70.2    20.0
2009 01 04    16 32.86   -11 52.7    1.034    0.633    36.5    67.4    20.0
2009 01 09    16 59.29   -15 10.4    1.083    0.616    34.2    63.9    19.9
2009 01 14    17 26.77   -18 10.8    1.135    0.604    32.1    60.0    19.8
2009 01 19    17 55.37   -20 48.2    1.189    0.598    30.1    55.6    19.8

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