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(69230) Hermes

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 87321
 (69230) Hermes
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 289.89051              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.46286587     Peri.   92.39328     -0.59708026     -0.79994489
a   1.6551319      Node    34.49453     +0.68757281     -0.54878601
e   0.6242477      Incl.    6.06750     +0.41320550     -0.24273870
P   2.13           H   17.5           G   0.15           U   0
From 900 observations at 4 oppositions, 1937-2005, mean residual 0".57.
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.

Personalized ephemerides for this (and other) objects may be generated using the Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2008 08 22    15 16.99   -23 34.2    1.715    1.897    83.9    32.0    21.4
 
2009 08 07    22 14.55   -21 02.7    1.546    2.535   163.6     6.5    21.0
2009 08 12    22 07.39   -21 45.3    1.520    2.521   168.3     4.7    20.8
2009 08 17    21 59.75   -22 26.2    1.501    2.505   170.4     3.8    20.7
2009 08 22    21 51.80   -23 04.2    1.490    2.489   168.4     4.7    20.8
2009 08 27    21 43.77   -23 37.9    1.487    2.473   163.6     6.6    20.8
2009 09 01    21 35.87   -24 06.6    1.490    2.455   157.9     8.9    20.9
2009 09 06    21 28.31   -24 29.5    1.501    2.437   151.8    11.3    21.0

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