(8) Flora
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662(8) Flora Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 Goffin M 127.99249 (2000.0) P Q n 0.30178989 Peri. 285.42671 +0.80027958 -0.59192255 a 2.2012342 Node 110.96009 +0.58195415 +0.72820519 e 0.1565899 Incl. 5.88909 +0.14450593 +0.34546331 P 3.27 H 6.49 G 0.28 U 0 From 2438 observations at 102 oppositions, 1847-2000, mean residual 0".54.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 2009 01 31 14 18.35 -06 48.2 2.193 2.503 96.5 23.0 11.1 2009 02 05 14 21.94 -06 52.2 2.130 2.507 100.6 22.7 11.0 2009 02 10 14 24.99 -06 52.9 2.068 2.510 104.9 22.3 11.0 2009 02 15 14 27.48 -06 50.1 2.007 2.514 109.4 21.8 10.9 2009 02 20 14 29.35 -06 43.7 1.948 2.517 113.9 21.0 10.8 2009 02 25 14 30.58 -06 33.9 1.891 2.520 118.7 20.2 10.7 2009 03 02 14 31.11 -06 20.6 1.836 2.523 123.5 19.1 10.6 2009 03 07 14 30.94 -06 03.9 1.785 2.526 128.6 17.9 10.5 2009 03 12 14 30.04 -05 44.1 1.737 2.528 133.8 16.5 10.4 2009 03 17 14 28.42 -05 21.3 1.694 2.531 139.1 14.9 10.4 2009 03 22 14 26.09 -04 56.0 1.655 2.533 144.5 13.2 10.2 2009 03 27 14 23.08 -04 28.5 1.621 2.535 150.0 11.3 10.1 2009 04 01 14 19.46 -03 59.6 1.593 2.537 155.6 9.4 10.0 2009 04 06 14 15.31 -03 30.0 1.572 2.539 161.0 7.4 9.9 2009 04 11 14 10.74 -03 00.4 1.557 2.540 165.9 5.5 9.9 2009 04 16 14 05.87 -02 31.7 1.548 2.541 169.5 4.1 9.8 2009 04 21 14 00.85 -02 04.7 1.547 2.543 170.2 3.9 9.8 2009 04 26 13 55.81 -01 40.3 1.552 2.544 167.4 4.9 9.8 2009 05 01 13 50.90 -01 19.2 1.564 2.544 162.8 6.7 9.9 2009 05 06 13 46.28 -01 02.1 1.583 2.545 157.6 8.7 10.0 2009 05 11 13 42.04 -00 49.2 1.608 2.546 152.2 10.7 10.1 2009 05 16 13 38.29 -00 41.0 1.639 2.546 146.8 12.6 10.2 2009 05 21 13 35.11 -00 37.4 1.675 2.546 141.5 14.3 10.3 2009 05 26 13 32.53 -00 38.6 1.716 2.546 136.2 16.0 10.4 2009 05 31 13 30.62 -00 44.3 1.761 2.546 131.2 17.4 10.5 2009 06 05 13 29.36 -00 54.5 1.810 2.545 126.2 18.8 10.6 2009 06 10 13 28.77 -01 08.7 1.862 2.544 121.5 19.9 10.7 2009 06 15 13 28.82 -01 26.6 1.917 2.544 116.9 20.9 10.8 2009 06 20 13 29.48 -01 48.1 1.974 2.543 112.5 21.7 10.9 2009 06 25 13 30.75 -02 12.7 2.033 2.542 108.2 22.3 11.0 2009 06 30 13 32.59 -02 40.1 2.094 2.540 104.1 22.8 11.0 2009 07 05 13 34.96 -03 10.1 2.155 2.539 100.1 23.2 11.1 2009 07 10 13 37.83 -03 42.3 2.217 2.537 96.2 23.5 11.2
