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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(162273) 1999 VL12

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO123015
(162273) 1999 VL12
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 106.54375              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.48985641     Peri.   40.82703     +0.05970718     +0.95790019
a   1.5937622      Node   234.47388     -0.98188584     +0.00567991
e   0.2360792      Incl.   20.18523     -0.17982005     +0.28704524
P   2.01           H   17.0           G   0.15           U   3
From 272 observations at 6 oppositions, 1993-2007, 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
2009 10 26    03 34.14   +27 50.1    0.814    1.760   153.4    14.6    18.6
2009 10 31    03 26.69   +26 03.7    0.806    1.773   160.4    10.8    18.5
2009 11 05    03 18.86   +24 09.5    0.804    1.786   167.6     6.9    18.3
2009 11 10    03 11.00   +22 10.6    0.810    1.798   174.3     3.1    18.1
2009 11 15    03 03.41   +20 10.4    0.822    1.810   175.5     2.4    18.1
2009 11 20    02 56.42   +18 12.8    0.841    1.821   169.2     5.8    18.4
2009 11 25    02 50.27   +16 21.3    0.867    1.832   162.3     9.4    18.6
2009 11 30    02 45.12   +14 38.6    0.899    1.843   155.5    12.8    18.9
2009 12 05    02 41.06   +13 06.8    0.937    1.853   149.0    15.9    19.1
2009 12 10    02 38.11   +11 46.6    0.980    1.863   142.8    18.6    19.3
2009 12 15    02 36.26   +10 38.5    1.028    1.872   136.9    21.1    19.5
2009 12 20    02 35.48   +09 42.3    1.080    1.881   131.3    23.1    19.6
2009 12 25    02 35.71   +08 57.1    1.136    1.890   126.0    24.9    19.8
2009 12 30    02 36.88   +08 22.0    1.194    1.898   121.0    26.4    20.0
2010 01 04    02 38.89   +07 56.1    1.254    1.906   116.2    27.6    20.1
2010 01 09    02 41.67   +07 38.1    1.316    1.913   111.7    28.5    20.3
2010 01 14    02 45.15   +07 27.1    1.380    1.920   107.4    29.3    20.4
2010 01 19    02 49.28   +07 22.2    1.444    1.926   103.3    29.8    20.5
2010 01 24    02 53.99   +07 22.5    1.509    1.932    99.4    30.2    20.6
2010 01 29    02 59.22   +07 27.0    1.575    1.938    95.7    30.4    20.7
2010 02 03    03 04.91   +07 35.0    1.640    1.943    92.0    30.5    20.8
2010 02 08    03 11.04   +07 45.9    1.704    1.948    88.6    30.4    20.9
2010 02 13    03 17.55   +07 59.2    1.769    1.952    85.2    30.3    21.0

2010 11 10    12 51.71   -17 30.4    2.319    1.549    30.5    18.9    20.7
2010 11 15    13 05.91   -18 37.5    2.283    1.532    31.7    19.8    20.7
2010 11 20    13 20.45   -19 42.3    2.247    1.516    32.9    20.7    20.7
2010 11 25    13 35.33   -20 44.1    2.211    1.499    34.1    21.7    20.7
2010 11 30    13 50.58   -21 42.4    2.174    1.483    35.3    22.6    20.6

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