(39) Laetitia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30777:
   (39) Laetitia
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Goffin
M 329.95719              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21394414     Peri.  208.73405     +0.99155020     -0.10942733
a   2.7686568      Node   157.22882     +0.12309023     +0.96318516
e   0.1113384      Incl.   10.36981     -0.04095113     +0.24556060
P   4.61           H    6.1           G   0.15           U   0
From 3843 observations at 90 oppositions, 1856-1996, mean residual 0".52.
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 07 20    01 26.69   +04 37.4    2.147    2.463    95.6    24.2    10.8
2001 07 25    01 31.42   +04 40.5    2.086    2.462    99.2    24.0    10.8
2001 07 30    01 35.73   +04 39.7    2.026    2.462   103.0    23.7    10.7
2001 08 04    01 39.59   +04 34.8    1.967    2.461   106.9    23.2    10.6
2001 08 09    01 42.97   +04 25.7    1.910    2.461   110.9    22.6    10.5
2001 08 14    01 45.82   +04 12.3    1.854    2.460   115.0    21.9    10.5
2001 08 19    01 48.09   +03 54.4    1.801    2.460   119.4    21.0    10.4
2001 08 24    01 49.77   +03 32.0    1.750    2.460   123.8    20.0    10.3
2001 08 29    01 50.81   +03 05.3    1.702    2.461   128.5    18.7    10.2
2001 09 03    01 51.21   +02 34.3    1.658    2.461   133.2    17.4    10.1
2001 09 08    01 50.95   +01 59.3    1.617    2.461   138.2    15.8    10.0
2001 09 13    01 50.03   +01 20.8    1.581    2.462   143.2    14.2     9.9
2001 09 18    01 48.48   +00 39.3    1.550    2.463   148.3    12.4     9.7
2001 09 23    01 46.32   -00 04.5    1.525    2.464   153.4    10.5     9.6
2001 09 28    01 43.64   -00 49.5    1.505    2.465   158.4     8.6     9.5
2001 10 03    01 40.52   -01 34.7    1.491    2.466   163.0     6.8     9.4
2001 10 08    01 37.05   -02 19.0    1.484    2.467   166.6     5.4     9.4
2001 10 13    01 33.37   -03 01.4    1.483    2.468   168.1     4.8     9.3
2001 10 18    01 29.59   -03 40.5    1.489    2.470   166.8     5.3     9.4
2001 10 23    01 25.86   -04 15.5    1.502    2.472   163.3     6.7     9.5
2001 10 28    01 22.32   -04 45.4    1.521    2.473   158.7     8.4     9.6
2001 11 02    01 19.09   -05 09.6    1.546    2.475   153.7    10.2     9.7
2001 11 07    01 16.27   -05 27.8    1.578    2.477   148.5    12.1     9.8
2001 11 12    01 13.93   -05 39.8    1.614    2.479   143.3    13.8     9.9
2001 11 17    01 12.15   -05 45.6    1.656    2.482   138.2    15.4    10.0
2001 11 22    01 10.98   -05 45.3    1.702    2.484   133.1    16.9    10.1
2001 11 27    01 10.44   -05 39.2    1.752    2.487   128.2    18.2    10.2
2001 12 02    01 10.53   -05 27.7    1.806    2.489   123.4    19.3    10.3
2001 12 07    01 11.24   -05 11.3    1.863    2.492   118.8    20.3    10.4
2001 12 12    01 12.56   -04 50.4    1.923    2.495   114.3    21.1    10.5
2001 12 17    01 14.47   -04 25.5    1.984    2.498   110.0    21.7    10.6
2001 12 22    01 16.93   -03 56.9    2.048    2.501   105.7    22.2    10.7
2001 12 27    01 19.92   -03 25.2    2.113    2.504   101.6    22.6    10.8
2002 01 01    01 23.40   -02 50.7    2.179    2.508    97.7    22.9    10.9
2002 01 06    01 27.33   -02 13.9    2.246    2.511    93.8    23.0    10.9

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