(451) Patientia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24220:
  (451) Patientia
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M 322.65236              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18415570     Peri.  342.90967     +0.29246666     -0.91945895
a   3.0597030      Node    89.46471     +0.90522079     +0.17760167
e   0.0759191      Incl.   15.23635     +0.30828326     +0.35078894
P   5.35           H    6.65          G   0.19
From 465 observations at 53 oppositions, 1899-1993, mean residual 0".65.
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 09 28    05 55.47   +17 09.0    2.543    2.828    96.0    20.6    11.9
2001 10 03    05 58.75   +17 17.2    2.476    2.828   100.1    20.4    11.8
2001 10 08    06 01.53   +17 25.9    2.410    2.828   104.3    20.0    11.8
2001 10 13    06 03.76   +17 35.1    2.345    2.828   108.7    19.5    11.7
2001 10 18    06 05.41   +17 45.3    2.282    2.828   113.2    18.9    11.6
2001 10 23    06 06.45   +17 56.5    2.221    2.828   118.0    18.1    11.5
2001 10 28    06 06.84   +18 08.9    2.163    2.828   122.8    17.2    11.4
2001 11 02    06 06.57   +18 22.7    2.108    2.828   127.9    16.1    11.4
2001 11 07    06 05.62   +18 38.0    2.057    2.828   133.1    14.8    11.3
2001 11 12    06 04.00   +18 54.8    2.010    2.828   138.5    13.4    11.2
2001 11 17    06 01.69   +19 13.0    1.968    2.829   144.1    11.8    11.1
2001 11 22    05 58.76   +19 32.7    1.932    2.829   149.8    10.1    11.0
2001 11 27    05 55.25   +19 53.5    1.901    2.830   155.7     8.3    10.8
2001 12 02    05 51.23   +20 15.4    1.877    2.830   161.6     6.3    10.7
2001 12 07    05 46.81   +20 38.0    1.861    2.831   167.7     4.3    10.6
2001 12 12    05 42.10   +21 01.1    1.851    2.832   173.7     2.2    10.5
2001 12 17    05 37.23   +21 24.3    1.849    2.832   178.0     0.7    10.4
2001 12 22    05 32.35   +21 47.4    1.854    2.833   173.2     2.3    10.5
2001 12 27    05 27.61   +22 10.2    1.867    2.834   167.2     4.4    10.6
2002 01 01    05 23.14   +22 32.5    1.887    2.835   161.1     6.4    10.8
2002 01 06    05 19.06   +22 54.3    1.914    2.836   155.1     8.4    10.9

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