(6) Hebe

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
    (6) Hebe
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Bowell
M 269.42312              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26090689     Peri.  238.92432     +0.93366330     -0.31644826
a   2.4255618      Node   138.84765     +0.34733672     +0.91425428
e   0.2014525      Incl.   14.76672     -0.08735014     +0.25298143
P   3.78           H    5.71          G   0.24
From 3581 observations at 59 oppositions, 1869-1994, 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
 
2002 04 06    18 46.97   -08 33.2    2.319    2.587    93.9    22.7    10.6
2002 04 11    18 51.14   -08 12.6    2.246    2.577    97.6    22.7    10.5
2002 04 16    18 54.85   -07 51.8    2.174    2.567   101.3    22.5    10.4
2002 04 21    18 58.07   -07 31.2    2.102    2.557   105.2    22.3    10.3
2002 04 26    19 00.77   -07 11.0    2.032    2.547   109.2    21.9    10.2
2002 05 01    19 02.92   -06 51.7    1.964    2.537   113.2    21.4    10.1
2002 05 06    19 04.47   -06 33.6    1.898    2.526   117.4    20.8    10.0
2002 05 11    19 05.39   -06 17.2    1.834    2.516   121.7    20.0     9.9
2002 05 16    19 05.66   -06 02.8    1.772    2.505   126.1    19.0     9.8
2002 05 21    19 05.25   -05 51.1    1.714    2.494   130.6    17.9     9.7
2002 05 26    19 04.16   -05 42.5    1.660    2.484   135.2    16.7     9.6
2002 05 31    19 02.39   -05 37.4    1.609    2.473   139.9    15.3     9.5
2002 06 05    18 59.94   -05 36.4    1.563    2.462   144.6    13.8     9.3
2002 06 10    18 56.85   -05 39.8    1.522    2.451   149.3    12.2     9.2
2002 06 15    18 53.18   -05 48.1    1.487    2.440   153.9    10.6     9.1
2002 06 20    18 49.01   -06 01.6    1.456    2.429   158.0     9.0     9.0
2002 06 25    18 44.44   -06 20.1    1.432    2.418   161.5     7.7     8.9
2002 06 30    18 39.61   -06 43.8    1.414    2.406   163.5     6.9     8.8
2002 07 05    18 34.63   -07 12.4    1.403    2.395   163.6     6.9     8.8
2002 07 10    18 29.68   -07 45.5    1.397    2.384   161.7     7.7     8.8
2002 07 15    18 24.89   -08 22.7    1.398    2.373   158.3     9.1     8.9
2002 07 20    18 20.44   -09 03.2    1.405    2.361   154.0    10.9     8.9
2002 07 25    18 16.45   -09 46.4    1.418    2.350   149.4    12.7     9.0
2002 07 30    18 13.02   -10 31.6    1.437    2.339   144.5    14.6     9.1
2002 08 04    18 10.26   -11 18.1    1.460    2.327   139.6    16.4     9.2
2002 08 09    18 08.23   -12 05.2    1.488    2.316   134.7    18.1     9.2
2002 08 14    18 06.98   -12 52.4    1.520    2.305   129.9    19.7     9.3
2002 08 19    18 06.55   -13 39.1    1.556    2.293   125.2    21.1     9.4
2002 08 24    18 06.93   -14 24.9    1.595    2.282   120.6    22.4     9.5
2002 08 29    18 08.11   -15 09.4    1.636    2.271   116.2    23.5     9.5
2002 09 03    18 10.07   -15 52.3    1.680    2.259   111.9    24.5     9.6
2002 09 08    18 12.79   -16 33.3    1.725    2.248   107.8    25.3     9.7
2002 09 13    18 16.26   -17 12.2    1.772    2.237   103.8    25.9     9.8
2002 09 18    18 20.41   -17 48.8    1.820    2.226    99.9    26.4     9.8
2002 09 23    18 25.22   -18 22.9    1.869    2.215    96.2    26.8     9.9

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