(4) Vesta
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(4) Vesta
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 36.07366 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.27156292 Peri. 149.97862 -0.27367264 +0.95423668
a 2.3616873 Node 103.91430 -0.90533101 -0.21324067
e 0.0893075 Incl. 7.13505 -0.32477537 -0.20966823
P 3.63 H 3.20 G 0.32
From 5168 observations at 56 oppositions, 1841-1993, mean residual 0".56.
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 object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008 08 08 02 44.53 +07 24.2 2.162 2.461 94.6 24.2 7.7 2008 08 13 02 48.57 +07 28.8 2.104 2.465 98.4 24.0 7.7 2008 08 18 02 52.12 +07 30.4 2.047 2.469 102.3 23.6 7.6 2008 08 23 02 55.14 +07 29.1 1.991 2.474 106.3 23.1 7.5 2008 08 28 02 57.58 +07 24.7 1.936 2.478 110.5 22.4 7.5 2008 09 02 02 59.40 +07 17.4 1.882 2.481 114.9 21.6 7.4 2008 09 07 03 00.57 +07 07.2 1.831 2.485 119.4 20.7 7.3 2008 09 12 03 01.05 +06 54.3 1.782 2.489 124.1 19.6 7.2 2008 09 17 03 00.82 +06 38.8 1.736 2.493 128.9 18.3 7.1 2008 09 22 02 59.86 +06 20.8 1.693 2.496 133.9 16.8 7.0 2008 09 27 02 58.18 +06 00.8 1.655 2.500 139.1 15.2 7.0 2008 10 02 02 55.77 +05 39.1 1.621 2.504 144.4 13.4 6.9 2008 10 07 02 52.70 +05 16.2 1.592 2.507 149.8 11.6 6.8 2008 10 12 02 49.02 +04 52.9 1.569 2.510 155.2 9.6 6.7 2008 10 17 02 44.82 +04 29.6 1.552 2.514 160.4 7.6 6.6 2008 10 22 02 40.22 +04 07.1 1.542 2.517 165.1 5.8 6.5 2008 10 27 02 35.34 +03 46.3 1.538 2.520 168.5 4.5 6.5 2008 11 01 02 30.33 +03 27.8 1.542 2.523 169.0 4.3 6.5 2008 11 06 02 25.35 +03 12.3 1.552 2.526 166.3 5.3 6.5 2008 11 11 02 20.55 +03 00.5 1.569 2.529 161.8 7.0 6.6 2008 11 16 02 16.07 +02 52.8 1.593 2.532 156.7 8.9 6.7 2008 11 21 02 12.03 +02 49.3 1.623 2.534 151.2 10.8 6.8 2008 11 26 02 08.51 +02 50.4 1.659 2.537 145.8 12.6 6.9 2008 12 01 02 05.60 +02 55.9 1.701 2.539 140.3 14.4 7.0 2008 12 06 02 03.35 +03 05.9 1.748 2.542 135.0 15.9 7.1 2008 12 11 02 01.79 +03 20.0 1.799 2.544 129.8 17.3 7.2 2008 12 16 02 00.93 +03 38.0 1.854 2.546 124.7 18.5 7.3 2008 12 21 02 00.75 +03 59.6 1.912 2.548 119.8 19.6 7.4 2008 12 26 02 01.24 +04 24.5 1.973 2.551 115.1 20.4 7.5
