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Minor Planet Center

(416) Vaticana

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 77281
   (416) Vaticana
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Goffin
M 310.45976              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21143992     Peri.  198.93513     -0.22953427     +0.95473501
a   2.7904745      Node    58.20225     -0.86178963     -0.10901463
e   0.2186648      Incl.   12.86214     -0.45236340     -0.27676138
P   4.66           H    7.89          G   0.20           U   0
From 735 observations at 52 oppositions, 1896-2005, mean residual 0".55.
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 03 21    16 48.92   -19 24.8    1.722    2.232   107.4    25.2    11.9
2008 03 26    16 53.10   -19 54.4    1.661    2.226   111.3    24.7    11.8
2008 03 31    16 56.66   -20 24.6    1.601    2.221   115.3    24.0    11.7
2008 04 05    16 59.54   -20 55.6    1.544    2.216   119.6    23.1    11.6
2008 04 10    17 01.70   -21 27.5    1.490    2.211   123.9    22.1    11.5
2008 04 15    17 03.09   -22 00.7    1.439    2.207   128.5    20.9    11.4
2008 04 20    17 03.67   -22 35.1    1.390    2.203   133.2    19.4    11.2
2008 04 25    17 03.40   -23 10.6    1.346    2.199   138.0    17.8    11.1
2008 04 30    17 02.27   -23 47.3    1.306    2.196   143.1    16.0    11.0
2008 05 05    17 00.28   -24 24.8    1.270    2.193   148.3    14.0    10.9
2008 05 10    16 57.45   -25 02.7    1.239    2.190   153.6    11.8    10.7
2008 05 15    16 53.88   -25 40.5    1.213    2.188   159.1     9.5    10.6
2008 05 20    16 49.65   -26 17.7    1.194    2.186   164.5     7.1    10.5
2008 05 25    16 44.91   -26 53.6    1.180    2.184   169.7     4.7    10.3
2008 05 30    16 39.81   -27 27.7    1.172    2.183   173.8     2.9    10.2
2008 06 04    16 34.54   -27 59.5    1.170    2.181   173.6     3.0    10.2
2008 06 09    16 29.32   -28 28.6    1.175    2.181   169.4     4.9    10.3
2008 06 14    16 24.36   -28 54.9    1.186    2.180   164.2     7.3    10.5
2008 06 19    16 19.85   -29 18.6    1.202    2.180   158.8     9.7    10.6
2008 06 24    16 15.93   -29 39.8    1.224    2.181   153.4    12.1    10.7
2008 06 29    16 12.74   -29 58.9    1.251    2.181   148.1    14.3    10.8
2008 07 04    16 10.38   -30 16.4    1.283    2.182   143.0    16.3    10.9
2008 07 09    16 08.91   -30 32.5    1.319    2.183   138.1    18.1    11.1
2008 07 14    16 08.36   -30 47.8    1.359    2.185   133.3    19.8    11.2
2008 07 19    16 08.74   -31 02.4    1.402    2.187   128.8    21.2    11.3
2008 07 24    16 10.02   -31 16.8    1.449    2.189   124.4    22.5    11.4
2008 07 29    16 12.17   -31 30.9    1.498    2.192   120.2    23.6    11.5
2008 08 03    16 15.16   -31 44.8    1.550    2.195   116.2    24.5    11.6
2008 08 08    16 18.95   -31 58.7    1.603    2.198   112.3    25.3    11.7
2008 08 13    16 23.49   -32 12.4    1.659    2.202   108.6    25.9    11.8
2008 08 18    16 28.72   -32 25.7    1.716    2.206   105.0    26.3    11.9

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