(532) Herculina

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31002:
  (532) Herculina
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Goffin
M  14.07056              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21359429     Peri.   76.85444     -0.95956677     +0.08739496
a   2.7716791      Node   107.65802     -0.17004887     -0.93749408
e   0.1773828      Incl.   16.30797     +0.22431002     -0.33684858
P   4.61           H    5.81          G   0.26           U   0
From 2223 observations at 69 oppositions, 1904-1997, mean residual 0".53.
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 01 21    14 13.85   +05 27.5    2.029    2.280    91.6    25.6    10.2
2001 01 26    14 20.25   +05 34.0    1.972    2.280    95.0    25.5    10.1
2001 01 31    14 26.23   +05 44.5    1.917    2.280    98.4    25.3    10.0
2001 02 05    14 31.74   +05 59.2    1.862    2.281   102.0    25.0    10.0
2001 02 10    14 36.75   +06 17.8    1.809    2.281   105.6    24.6     9.9
2001 02 15    14 41.22   +06 40.5    1.757    2.282   109.2    24.1     9.8
2001 02 20    14 45.08   +07 06.9    1.708    2.283   113.0    23.5     9.7
2001 02 25    14 48.29   +07 36.9    1.660    2.285   116.9    22.7     9.6
2001 03 02    14 50.81   +08 10.0    1.615    2.286   120.8    21.9     9.6
2001 03 07    14 52.61   +08 45.6    1.573    2.288   124.8    20.9     9.5
2001 03 12    14 53.66   +09 23.2    1.533    2.291   128.8    19.8     9.4
2001 03 17    14 53.93   +10 02.0    1.498    2.293   132.8    18.6     9.3
2001 03 22    14 53.42   +10 41.1    1.466    2.296   136.7    17.3     9.2
2001 03 27    14 52.13   +11 19.4    1.439    2.299   140.5    16.0     9.2
2001 04 01    14 50.12   +11 55.7    1.416    2.302   144.1    14.8     9.1
2001 04 06    14 47.44   +12 28.7    1.399    2.305   147.3    13.6     9.0
2001 04 11    14 44.17   +12 57.3    1.386    2.309   149.9    12.6     9.0
2001 04 16    14 40.43   +13 20.2    1.379    2.312   151.8    11.9     9.0
2001 04 21    14 36.33   +13 36.7    1.377    2.316   152.6    11.5     8.9
2001 04 26    14 32.03   +13 45.6    1.381    2.321   152.4    11.6     9.0
2001 05 01    14 27.69   +13 46.6    1.391    2.325   151.2    12.1     9.0
2001 05 06    14 23.46   +13 39.5    1.406    2.330   149.0    12.9     9.0
2001 05 11    14 19.47   +13 24.2    1.427    2.335   146.2    13.9     9.1
2001 05 16    14 15.85   +13 01.1    1.452    2.340   142.9    15.1     9.2
2001 05 21    14 12.69   +12 30.8    1.483    2.345   139.3    16.3     9.3
2001 05 26    14 10.08   +11 53.7    1.518    2.351   135.5    17.6     9.4
2001 05 31    14 08.09   +11 10.8    1.557    2.356   131.7    18.7     9.5
2001 06 05    14 06.73   +10 22.8    1.600    2.362   127.8    19.8     9.6
2001 06 10    14 06.02   +09 30.4    1.647    2.368   123.9    20.8     9.7
2001 06 15    14 05.96   +08 34.6    1.697    2.374   120.1    21.7     9.8
2001 06 20    14 06.53   +07 35.8    1.749    2.381   116.3    22.5     9.8
2001 06 25    14 07.71   +06 34.7    1.805    2.387   112.6    23.1     9.9
2001 06 30    14 09.49   +05 31.8    1.862    2.394   109.0    23.7    10.0
2001 07 05    14 11.82   +04 27.7    1.921    2.401   105.4    24.1    10.1
2001 07 10    14 14.66   +03 22.8    1.982    2.408   101.9    24.4    10.2
2001 07 15    14 17.99   +02 17.4    2.045    2.415    98.6    24.6    10.3
2001 07 20    14 21.78   +01 11.9    2.108    2.422    95.2    24.7    10.3

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