(532) Herculina

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31002:
  (532) Herculina
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M  99.45536              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21353487     Peri.   76.87171     -0.95953974     +0.08764356
a   2.7721933      Node   107.65563     -0.17029867     -0.93744705
e   0.1776508      Incl.   16.30873     +0.22423617     -0.33691488
P   4.62           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
 
2002 05 16    21 53.65   -18 12.6    2.760    2.949    90.6    20.0    11.2
2002 05 21    21 57.39   -18 18.9    2.699    2.957    94.6    19.9    11.2
2002 05 26    22 00.70   -18 28.4    2.638    2.965    98.7    19.7    11.1
2002 05 31    22 03.58   -18 41.1    2.578    2.973   102.9    19.4    11.1
2002 06 05    22 05.98   -18 57.2    2.519    2.981   107.2    19.0    11.0
2002 06 10    22 07.90   -19 16.9    2.462    2.989   111.6    18.4    11.0
2002 06 15    22 09.29   -19 40.4    2.407    2.996   116.1    17.7    10.9
2002 06 20    22 10.14   -20 07.5    2.354    3.004   120.8    16.9    10.8
2002 06 25    22 10.43   -20 38.2    2.304    3.011   125.6    15.9    10.8
2002 06 30    22 10.14   -21 12.3    2.258    3.019   130.4    14.9    10.7
2002 07 05    22 09.28   -21 49.6    2.216    3.026   135.4    13.6    10.6
2002 07 10    22 07.83   -22 29.7    2.179    3.033   140.4    12.3    10.5
2002 07 15    22 05.82   -23 12.0    2.147    3.040   145.5    10.9    10.5
2002 07 20    22 03.26   -23 55.9    2.121    3.047   150.6     9.4    10.4
2002 07 25    22 00.22   -24 40.6    2.100    3.054   155.5     7.9    10.3
2002 07 30    21 56.75   -25 25.2    2.086    3.061   160.1     6.5    10.3
2002 08 04    21 52.92   -26 08.8    2.079    3.067   164.1     5.2    10.2
2002 08 09    21 48.82   -26 50.6    2.079    3.074   166.6     4.4    10.2
2002 08 14    21 44.57   -27 29.8    2.086    3.080   166.7     4.3    10.2
2002 08 19    21 40.27   -28 05.4    2.100    3.087   164.6     5.0    10.2
2002 08 24    21 36.04   -28 37.1    2.120    3.093   160.8     6.2    10.3
2002 08 29    21 32.00   -29 04.3    2.148    3.099   156.3     7.5    10.4
2002 09 03    21 28.24   -29 26.8    2.182    3.105   151.4     8.9    10.5
2002 09 08    21 24.86   -29 44.5    2.222    3.111   146.4    10.3    10.6
2002 09 13    21 21.94   -29 57.4    2.268    3.117   141.3    11.6    10.7
2002 09 18    21 19.54   -30 05.7    2.319    3.123   136.3    12.9    10.8
2002 09 23    21 17.70   -30 09.6    2.375    3.129   131.3    14.0    10.9
2002 09 28    21 16.45   -30 09.5    2.434    3.134   126.4    14.9    10.9
2002 10 03    21 15.79   -30 05.6    2.498    3.140   121.6    15.8    11.0
2002 10 08    21 15.73   -29 58.2    2.565    3.145   116.8    16.5    11.1
2002 10 13    21 16.25   -29 47.7    2.634    3.150   112.2    17.0    11.2
2002 10 18    21 17.35   -29 34.4    2.706    3.155   107.7    17.5    11.3
2002 10 23    21 18.98   -29 18.4    2.779    3.160   103.3    17.8    11.3
2002 10 28    21 21.12   -29 00.2    2.853    3.165    99.0    18.1    11.4
2002 11 02    21 23.73   -28 39.8    2.929    3.170    94.8    18.2    11.5

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