(4) Vesta

Orbital Elements

    (4) Vesta
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 356.10558              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27159748     Peri.  149.57687     -0.27974995     +0.95247729
a   2.3614870      Node   103.95066     -0.90397336     -0.21903442
e   0.0900000      Incl.    7.13405     -0.32337614     -0.21168595
P   3.63           H    3.20          G   0.32
From 5168 observations at 56 oppositions, 1841-1993, mean residual 0".56.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2000 04 16    19 37.67   -18 50.1    1.848    2.153    93.3    27.7     7.2
2000 04 21    19 43.95   -18 43.7    1.792    2.154    96.6    27.6     7.1
2000 04 26    19 49.73   -18 38.4    1.736    2.155   100.2    27.4     7.1
2000 05 01    19 54.98   -18 34.6    1.681    2.156   103.8    27.0     7.0
2000 05 06    19 59.64   -18 32.8    1.628    2.158   107.5    26.5     6.9
2000 05 11    20 03.69   -18 33.3    1.575    2.159   111.4    25.8     6.8
2000 05 16    20 07.07   -18 36.5    1.524    2.161   115.5    25.0     6.7
2000 05 21    20 09.75   -18 42.8    1.475    2.163   119.7    24.0     6.6
2000 05 26    20 11.70   -18 52.4    1.428    2.165   124.1    22.8     6.5
2000 05 31    20 12.85   -19 05.7    1.384    2.167   128.7    21.4     6.4
2000 06 05    20 13.19   -19 22.8    1.343    2.170   133.5    19.8     6.3
2000 06 10    20 12.71   -19 43.7    1.305    2.172   138.4    18.1     6.2
2000 06 15    20 11.39   -20 08.3    1.272    2.175   143.6    16.1     6.1
2000 06 20    20 09.28   -20 36.3    1.243    2.177   148.9    13.9     6.0
2000 06 25    20 06.40   -21 07.2    1.218    2.180   154.5    11.6     5.9
2000 06 30    20 02.82   -21 40.5    1.199    2.183   160.1     9.1     5.8
2000 07 05    19 58.66   -22 15.3    1.186    2.186   165.9     6.5     5.7
2000 07 10    19 54.07   -22 50.7    1.178    2.189   171.7     3.8     5.5
2000 07 15    19 49.21   -23 25.6    1.177    2.192   176.9     1.4     5.4
2000 07 20    19 44.27   -23 59.3    1.181    2.196   175.3     2.2     5.5
2000 07 25    19 39.42   -24 30.9    1.192    2.199   169.7     4.7     5.6
2000 07 30    19 34.86   -24 59.8    1.209    2.203   163.9     7.3     5.8
2000 08 04    19 30.75   -25 25.5    1.232    2.206   158.2     9.8     5.9
2000 08 09    19 27.25   -25 47.8    1.260    2.210   152.6    12.2     6.0
2000 08 14    19 24.48   -26 06.6    1.293    2.214   147.2    14.4     6.1
2000 08 19    19 22.49   -26 22.0    1.331    2.218   141.9    16.3     6.3
2000 08 24    19 21.34   -26 34.0    1.374    2.222   136.8    18.1     6.4
2000 08 29    19 21.04   -26 42.9    1.420    2.226   132.0    19.7     6.5
2000 09 03    19 21.60   -26 48.8    1.470    2.230   127.2    21.1     6.6
2000 09 08    19 22.99   -26 52.0    1.523    2.234   122.7    22.3     6.7
2000 09 13    19 25.18   -26 52.4    1.578    2.238   118.4    23.3     6.8
2000 09 18    19 28.12   -26 50.4    1.636    2.243   114.2    24.1     6.9
2000 09 23    19 31.75   -26 45.9    1.695    2.247   110.1    24.8     7.0
2000 09 28    19 36.02   -26 39.0    1.757    2.252   106.2    25.3     7.1
2000 10 03    19 40.89   -26 29.7    1.819    2.256   102.4    25.7     7.2
2000 10 08    19 46.31   -26 18.1    1.883    2.261    98.7    25.9     7.3
2000 10 13    19 52.21   -26 04.2    1.947    2.266    95.1    26.0     7.4

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