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Minor Planet Center

(141) Lumen

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
   (141) Lumen
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Williams
M 288.31626              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22618263     Peri.   57.88875     +0.94693158     -0.29114569
a   2.6678611      Node   318.58701     +0.17833449     +0.82842929
e   0.2128237      Incl.   11.88368     +0.26742738     +0.47847581
P   4.36           H    8.2           G   0.15           U   1
From 201 observations at 33 oppositions, 1877-2000, mean residual 0".75.
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 28    02 00.91   +27 14.7    1.446    2.101   116.4    25.5    11.8
2008 09 02    02 02.52   +28 12.5    1.402    2.100   120.3    24.5    11.7
2008 09 07    02 03.32   +29 07.1    1.360    2.100   124.3    23.4    11.6
2008 09 12    02 03.28   +29 57.6    1.321    2.100   128.4    22.1    11.5
2008 09 17    02 02.37   +30 43.5    1.285    2.100   132.6    20.6    11.4
2008 09 22    02 00.58   +31 23.8    1.253    2.101   136.9    19.1    11.3
2008 09 27    01 57.94   +31 57.6    1.225    2.102   141.2    17.4    11.2
2008 10 02    01 54.50   +32 24.1    1.201    2.104   145.5    15.6    11.1
2008 10 07    01 50.38   +32 42.4    1.182    2.106   149.5    13.9    11.0
2008 10 12    01 45.74   +32 52.2    1.168    2.108   153.2    12.3    10.9
2008 10 17    01 40.76   +32 53.2    1.160    2.110   156.2    11.0    10.8
2008 10 22    01 35.66   +32 45.6    1.157    2.113   158.1    10.1    10.8
2008 10 27    01 30.64   +32 29.8    1.160    2.116   158.7     9.8    10.8
2008 11 01    01 25.95   +32 06.9    1.168    2.120   157.7    10.2    10.8
2008 11 06    01 21.77   +31 38.3    1.182    2.124   155.4    11.2    10.9
2008 11 11    01 18.28   +31 05.5    1.202    2.128   152.1    12.6    11.0
2008 11 16    01 15.59   +30 30.2    1.227    2.133   148.3    14.1    11.1
2008 11 21    01 13.77   +29 53.9    1.257    2.138   144.1    15.7    11.2
2008 11 26    01 12.87   +29 18.1    1.292    2.143   139.7    17.3    11.3
2008 12 01    01 12.90   +28 43.8    1.332    2.148   135.4    18.8    11.4
2008 12 06    01 13.85   +28 12.2    1.375    2.154   131.0    20.2    11.6
2008 12 11    01 15.67   +27 44.0    1.422    2.160   126.7    21.4    11.7
2008 12 16    01 18.31   +27 19.6    1.473    2.166   122.5    22.5    11.8

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