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Minor Planet Center

(39) Laetitia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30777:
    (39) Laetitia
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M 208.18559              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21411915     Peri.  209.43852     +0.99024478     -0.12049635
a   2.7671479      Node   157.16269     +0.13390846     +0.96178684
e   0.1148016      Incl.   10.38624     -0.03852005     +0.24585912
P   4.60           H    6.1           G   0.15           U   0
From 3843 observations at 90 oppositions, 1856-1996, mean residual 0".52.
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 03 02    16 19.01   -10 35.8    2.719    2.998    96.6    19.2    11.6
2009 03 07    16 22.16   -10 22.6    2.646    2.994   100.7    19.0    11.6
2009 03 12    16 24.85   -10 07.3    2.575    2.990   105.0    18.7    11.5
2009 03 17    16 27.05   -09 50.1    2.505    2.986   109.4    18.3    11.4
2009 03 22    16 28.72   -09 30.9    2.437    2.982   113.8    17.8    11.3
2009 03 27    16 29.85   -09 10.1    2.372    2.978   118.4    17.1    11.3
2009 04 01    16 30.39   -08 47.7    2.309    2.974   123.0    16.4    11.2
2009 04 06    16 30.35   -08 24.1    2.250    2.970   127.8    15.4    11.1
2009 04 11    16 29.72   -07 59.5    2.194    2.966   132.6    14.4    11.0
2009 04 16    16 28.50   -07 34.2    2.143    2.961   137.5    13.2    10.9
2009 04 21    16 26.71   -07 08.6    2.097    2.957   142.4    12.0    10.8
2009 04 26    16 24.36   -06 43.2    2.056    2.952   147.2    10.6    10.7
2009 05 01    16 21.50   -06 18.3    2.020    2.948   152.0     9.2    10.6
2009 05 06    16 18.21   -05 54.6    1.991    2.943   156.4     7.9    10.5
2009 05 11    16 14.54   -05 32.4    1.968    2.939   160.3     6.7    10.4
2009 05 16    16 10.60   -05 12.4    1.951    2.934   163.1     5.7    10.3
2009 05 21    16 06.47   -04 54.9    1.942    2.929   164.3     5.4    10.3
2009 05 26    16 02.26   -04 40.4    1.939    2.924   163.4     5.7    10.3
2009 05 31    15 58.08   -04 29.3    1.943    2.919   160.8     6.6    10.4
2009 06 05    15 54.06   -04 21.9    1.953    2.914   157.0     7.8    10.4
2009 06 10    15 50.27   -04 18.3    1.970    2.909   152.7     9.2    10.5
2009 06 15    15 46.82   -04 18.4    1.992    2.904   148.0    10.7    10.6
2009 06 20    15 43.77   -04 22.4    2.021    2.899   143.2    12.1    10.7
2009 06 25    15 41.18   -04 30.2    2.054    2.894   138.4    13.5    10.8
2009 06 30    15 39.12   -04 41.5    2.092    2.889   133.6    14.8    10.8
2009 07 05    15 37.62   -04 56.0    2.135    2.883   128.8    15.9    10.9
2009 07 10    15 36.67   -05 13.6    2.181    2.878   124.2    17.0    11.0
2009 07 15    15 36.30   -05 33.8    2.230    2.873   119.7    17.9    11.1
2009 07 20    15 36.51   -05 56.5    2.283    2.867   115.2    18.7    11.1
2009 07 25    15 37.27   -06 21.3    2.337    2.862   110.9    19.4    11.2
2009 07 30    15 38.59   -06 47.8    2.394    2.856   106.7    19.9    11.3
2009 08 04    15 40.45   -07 15.9    2.451    2.851   102.6    20.3    11.3
2009 08 09    15 42.81   -07 45.1    2.510    2.845    98.6    20.6    11.4
2009 08 14    15 45.65   -08 15.3    2.570    2.839    94.7    20.8    11.4
2009 08 19    15 48.96   -08 46.2    2.630    2.834    90.9    20.9    11.5

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