(19) Fortuna

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
   (19) Fortuna
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M 292.53531              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25826075     Peri.  182.10060     +0.83301508     -0.55306465
a   2.4421019      Node   211.49043     +0.50799637     +0.77488094
e   0.1580577      Incl.    1.57207     +0.21914736     +0.30607030
P   3.82           H    7.13          G   0.10
From 654 observations at 52 oppositions, 1869-1993, mean residual 0".67.
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.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2001 06 30    00 05.55   +02 18.4    1.847    2.201    96.1    27.3    11.5
2001 07 05    00 10.82   +02 53.9    1.784    2.193    99.4    27.2    11.4
2001 07 10    00 15.71   +03 26.8    1.723    2.186   102.8    27.0    11.3
2001 07 15    00 20.17   +03 56.9    1.662    2.179   106.4    26.6    11.2
2001 07 20    00 24.16   +04 23.8    1.602    2.172   110.1    26.1    11.1
2001 07 25    00 27.63   +04 47.2    1.544    2.165   113.9    25.4    11.0
2001 07 30    00 30.54   +05 06.7    1.488    2.158   117.9    24.6    10.9
2001 08 04    00 32.85   +05 22.2    1.434    2.151   122.0    23.6    10.8
2001 08 09    00 34.51   +05 33.3    1.383    2.145   126.3    22.4    10.6
2001 08 14    00 35.48   +05 39.8    1.334    2.139   130.9    21.0    10.5
2001 08 19    00 35.73   +05 41.2    1.289    2.133   135.6    19.4    10.4
2001 08 24    00 35.24   +05 37.5    1.247    2.127   140.6    17.6    10.2
2001 08 29    00 34.01   +05 28.6    1.209    2.121   145.7    15.6    10.1
2001 09 03    00 32.07   +05 14.5    1.176    2.116   151.1    13.3     9.9
2001 09 08    00 29.46   +04 55.6    1.147    2.110   156.6    10.9     9.8
2001 09 13    00 26.27   +04 32.1    1.124    2.105   162.4     8.3     9.6
2001 09 18    00 22.59   +04 04.8    1.107    2.101   168.2     5.6     9.4
2001 09 23    00 18.58   +03 34.6    1.095    2.096   174.2     2.8     9.2
2001 09 28    00 14.41   +03 02.5    1.090    2.092   178.6     0.7     9.0
2001 10 03    00 10.25   +02 29.9    1.090    2.087   173.4     3.2     9.3
2001 10 08    00 06.28   +01 58.0    1.097    2.084   167.4     6.0     9.4
2001 10 13    00 02.65   +01 28.0    1.110    2.080   161.5     8.8     9.6
2001 10 18    23 59.52   +01 00.9    1.128    2.076   155.6    11.4     9.7
2001 10 23    23 57.01   +00 37.8    1.151    2.073   149.9    13.9     9.9
2001 10 28    23 55.23   +00 19.4    1.180    2.070   144.4    16.2    10.0
2001 11 02    23 54.21   +00 06.1    1.213    2.068   139.1    18.3    10.1
2001 11 07    23 53.98   -00 01.8    1.250    2.065   134.0    20.2    10.3
2001 11 12    23 54.55   -00 04.3    1.291    2.063   129.1    21.9    10.4
2001 11 17    23 55.91   -00 01.4    1.335    2.061   124.4    23.3    10.5
2001 11 22    23 58.03   +00 06.8    1.381    2.060   119.9    24.6    10.6
2001 11 27    00 00.88   +00 20.0    1.430    2.058   115.5    25.6    10.7
2001 12 02    00 04.39   +00 37.9    1.481    2.057   111.4    26.5    10.8
2001 12 07    00 08.53   +01 00.1    1.534    2.057   107.4    27.2    10.9
2001 12 12    00 13.25   +01 26.4    1.588    2.056   103.6    27.7    11.0
2001 12 17    00 18.50   +01 56.4    1.643    2.056    99.9    28.1    11.1
2001 12 22    00 24.24   +02 29.8    1.700    2.056    96.4    28.4    11.2
2001 12 27    00 30.44   +03 06.1    1.756    2.056    92.9    28.5    11.3

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