(8) Flora

Orbital Elements

    (8) Flora
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M 124.13093              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30183398     Peri.  285.06919     +0.80318743     -0.58798331
a   2.2010199      Node   111.03555     +0.57835917     +0.73111541
e   0.1567210      Incl.    5.88734     +0.14279576     +0.34604318
P   3.27           H    6.49          G   0.28           U   0
From 2438 observations at 102 oppositions, 1847-2000, mean residual 0".54.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2001 12 07    10 48.27   +10 23.4    1.863    2.188    95.4    26.6    10.6
2001 12 12    10 52.83   +10 12.5    1.810    2.197    99.4    26.2    10.5
2001 12 17    10 56.81   +10 05.8    1.758    2.206   103.5    25.7    10.4
2001 12 22    11 00.17   +10 03.7    1.707    2.215   107.8    25.0    10.4
2001 12 27    11 02.87   +10 06.3    1.657    2.224   112.3    24.2    10.3
2002 01 01    11 04.87   +10 14.0    1.608    2.233   116.9    23.1    10.2
2002 01 06    11 06.13   +10 27.0    1.562    2.242   121.8    21.9    10.1
2002 01 11    11 06.60   +10 45.3    1.519    2.251   126.9    20.5    10.0
2002 01 16    11 06.27   +11 09.1    1.479    2.260   132.1    18.8     9.9
2002 01 21    11 05.10   +11 38.0    1.442    2.268   137.6    17.0     9.8
2002 01 26    11 03.14   +12 11.6    1.410    2.277   143.3    15.0     9.7
2002 01 31    11 00.39   +12 49.3    1.384    2.285   149.0    12.8     9.6
2002 02 05    10 56.93   +13 30.2    1.362    2.294   154.9    10.5     9.5
2002 02 10    10 52.83   +14 13.2    1.347    2.302   160.8     8.1     9.4
2002 02 15    10 48.22   +14 57.0    1.338    2.310   166.5     5.7     9.3
2002 02 20    10 43.26   +15 40.2    1.336    2.319   171.3     3.7     9.2
2002 02 25    10 38.12   +16 21.5    1.341    2.327   172.7     3.1     9.2
2002 03 02    10 32.97   +16 59.6    1.353    2.335   169.5     4.5     9.3
2002 03 07    10 28.00   +17 33.5    1.372    2.342   164.2     6.6     9.4
2002 03 12    10 23.36   +18 02.4    1.397    2.350   158.6     8.9     9.6
2002 03 17    10 19.21   +18 25.9    1.429    2.358   152.8    11.1     9.7
2002 03 22    10 15.67   +18 43.6    1.466    2.365   147.1    13.2     9.8
2002 03 27    10 12.81   +18 55.5    1.508    2.373   141.6    15.1    10.0
2002 04 01    10 10.68   +19 01.9    1.555    2.380   136.3    16.9    10.1
2002 04 06    10 09.30   +19 03.0    1.607    2.387   131.1    18.4    10.2
2002 04 11    10 08.68   +18 59.1    1.662    2.394   126.2    19.7    10.3
2002 04 16    10 08.80   +18 50.7    1.720    2.401   121.4    20.9    10.4
2002 04 21    10 09.63   +18 38.1    1.781    2.408   116.9    21.9    10.5
2002 04 26    10 11.13   +18 21.6    1.844    2.414   112.5    22.7    10.6
2002 05 01    10 13.24   +18 01.7    1.908    2.421   108.2    23.3    10.7
2002 05 06    10 15.92   +17 38.6    1.974    2.427   104.2    23.8    10.8
2002 05 11    10 19.13   +17 12.6    2.042    2.433   100.2    24.1    10.9
2002 05 16    10 22.81   +16 43.9    2.110    2.439    96.4    24.3    11.0

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