(4) Vesta

Orbital Elements

    (4) Vesta
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M 104.89803              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27172034     Peri.  149.45850     -0.28171111     +0.95189784
a   2.3607751      Node   103.95099     -0.90352230     -0.22089335
e   0.0897529      Incl.    7.13464     -0.32293389     -0.21235967
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
 
2001 09 08    04 38.57   +15 16.0    2.250    2.546    95.1    23.2     7.9
2001 09 13    04 42.30   +15 17.0    2.188    2.548    99.0    23.0     7.8
2001 09 18    04 45.48   +15 16.6    2.127    2.550   103.1    22.6     7.7
2001 09 23    04 48.08   +15 14.9    2.066    2.552   107.4    22.0     7.7
2001 09 28    04 50.05   +15 12.0    2.007    2.554   111.7    21.4     7.6
2001 10 03    04 51.37   +15 08.2    1.950    2.556   116.3    20.5     7.5
2001 10 08    04 51.99   +15 03.5    1.895    2.558   121.0    19.6     7.4
2001 10 13    04 51.88   +14 58.1    1.843    2.559   125.9    18.4     7.3
2001 10 18    04 51.00   +14 52.1    1.794    2.561   131.0    17.1     7.2
2001 10 23    04 49.37   +14 45.7    1.749    2.562   136.3    15.6     7.1
2001 10 28    04 46.98   +14 39.1    1.709    2.564   141.8    13.9     7.0
2001 11 02    04 43.87   +14 32.6    1.673    2.565   147.4    12.0     6.9
2001 11 07    04 40.10   +14 26.2    1.643    2.566   153.1    10.1     6.8
2001 11 12    04 35.74   +14 20.2    1.619    2.567   158.9     8.0     6.7
2001 11 17    04 30.89   +14 14.9    1.602    2.568   164.5     5.9     6.6
2001 11 22    04 25.69   +14 10.4    1.591    2.569   169.7     4.0     6.5
2001 11 27    04 20.31   +14 07.1    1.588    2.570   172.7     2.8     6.5
2001 12 02    04 14.89   +14 05.3    1.592    2.571   171.1     3.4     6.5
2001 12 07    04 09.60   +14 05.2    1.603    2.571   166.4     5.2     6.6
2001 12 12    04 04.59   +14 06.9    1.622    2.572   160.8     7.2     6.7
2001 12 17    04 00.00   +14 10.7    1.647    2.572   155.0     9.3     6.8
2001 12 22    03 55.95   +14 16.8    1.678    2.572   149.2    11.3     6.9
2001 12 27    03 52.54   +14 25.3    1.715    2.573   143.4    13.2     7.0
2002 01 01    03 49.83   +14 36.0    1.758    2.573   137.8    14.9     7.1
2002 01 06    03 47.84   +14 49.0    1.805    2.573   132.4    16.4     7.2

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