(162142) 1998 VR Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 MPC M 176.40579 (2000.0) P Q n 1.20266642 Peri. 170.67748 -0.78900504 +0.55229195 a 0.8757348 Node 46.43973 -0.58491276 -0.54117549 e 0.3181009 Incl. 21.80373 -0.18801093 -0.63411567 P 0.82 H 18.5 G 0.15 U 3 From 231 observations at 4 oppositions, 1998-2007, mean residual 0".68.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.
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 07 13 03 56.80 +09 31.0 1.352 1.091 52.6 47.7 21.1 2008 09 01 06 19.65 +21 45.6 1.146 1.152 64.3 52.1 21.0 2008 09 06 06 36.38 +22 47.8 1.115 1.149 65.3 52.9 21.0 2008 09 11 06 53.84 +23 47.0 1.083 1.143 66.2 53.7 20.9 2008 09 16 07 12.15 +24 42.6 1.051 1.136 67.0 54.6 20.9 2008 09 21 07 31.41 +25 33.7 1.018 1.127 67.8 55.5 20.8 2008 09 26 07 51.70 +26 19.0 0.986 1.117 68.3 56.6 20.8 2008 10 01 08 13.12 +26 57.2 0.954 1.104 68.7 57.7 20.7 2008 10 06 08 35.73 +27 26.6 0.924 1.090 68.9 58.8 20.6 2008 10 11 08 59.57 +27 44.8 0.895 1.074 68.9 60.1 20.6 2008 10 16 09 24.65 +27 49.5 0.868 1.057 68.6 61.5 20.5 2008 10 21 09 50.90 +27 37.8 0.845 1.037 68.1 62.9 20.4 2008 10 26 10 18.18 +27 07.2 0.824 1.016 67.2 64.4 20.4 2008 10 31 10 46.28 +26 15.2 0.807 0.994 66.1 66.0 20.3 2008 11 05 11 14.91 +25 00.1 0.794 0.970 64.7 67.6 20.3 2008 11 10 11 43.76 +23 20.8 0.785 0.944 63.0 69.2 20.3 2008 11 15 12 12.51 +21 17.5 0.782 0.917 61.1 70.7 20.3 2008 11 20 12 40.89 +18 51.2 0.784 0.889 58.9 72.1 20.2 2008 11 25 13 08.67 +16 04.4 0.791 0.860 56.6 73.3 20.2 2008 11 30 13 35.72 +13 00.0 0.803 0.830 54.1 74.3 20.2 2008 12 05 14 02.02 +09 41.5 0.821 0.799 51.5 74.9 20.2 2008 12 10 14 27.62 +06 12.3 0.845 0.768 48.9 75.1 20.2 2008 12 15 14 52.70 +02 35.8 0.873 0.738 46.3 74.8 20.2 2008 12 20 15 17.48 -01 04.6 0.907 0.708 43.8 73.9 20.1 2008 12 25 15 42.24 -04 45.4 0.945 0.680 41.3 72.4 20.1 2008 12 30 16 07.26 -08 22.8 0.988 0.655 38.8 70.2 20.0 2009 01 04 16 32.86 -11 52.7 1.034 0.633 36.5 67.4 20.0 2009 01 09 16 59.29 -15 10.4 1.083 0.616 34.2 63.9 19.9 2009 01 14 17 26.77 -18 10.8 1.135 0.604 32.1 60.0 19.8 2009 01 19 17 55.37 -20 48.2 1.189 0.598 30.1 55.6 19.8