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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(162723) 2000 VM2

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO123181
(162723) 2000 VM2
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 298.03356              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.41665954     Peri.  187.17730     -0.92093770     -0.38570738
a   1.7753412      Node   329.94341     +0.36285228     -0.79651333
e   0.6797053      Incl.    6.38618     +0.14216883     -0.46561393
P   2.37           H   17.1           G   0.15           U   2
From 76 observations at 5 oppositions, 1993-2007, mean residual 0".54.
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    22 27.62   -05 53.3    2.045    2.726   123.8    17.6    21.8

2010 09 11    13 08.78   -11 12.4    1.528    0.864    32.3    38.5    19.2
2010 09 16    13 34.34   -13 52.9    1.562    0.924    34.2    37.7    19.4
2010 09 21    13 59.04   -16 15.2    1.605    0.984    35.8    36.6    19.6
2010 09 26    14 22.86   -18 19.2    1.654    1.044    36.9    35.3    19.7
2010 10 01    14 45.78   -20 05.7    1.709    1.103    37.7    33.7    19.9
2010 10 06    15 07.81   -21 35.9    1.769    1.161    38.2    32.1    20.0
2010 10 11    15 28.94   -22 50.9    1.834    1.219    38.3    30.5    20.2
2010 10 16    15 49.20   -23 52.3    1.901    1.275    38.1    28.8    20.3
2010 10 21    16 08.59   -24 41.4    1.972    1.330    37.6    27.2    20.4
2010 10 26    16 27.15   -25 19.7    2.044    1.384    36.9    25.6    20.5
2010 10 31    16 44.94   -25 48.4    2.117    1.437    36.0    23.9    20.6
2010 11 05    17 01.98   -26 08.6    2.191    1.488    34.8    22.4    20.7
2010 11 10    17 18.32   -26 21.4    2.265    1.539    33.5    20.8    20.8
2010 11 15    17 33.99   -26 27.6    2.338    1.588    32.0    19.3    20.9
2010 11 20    17 49.05   -26 28.0    2.411    1.636    30.3    17.7    21.0

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