(39) Laetitia |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 7 Jun 2023 | 10.3 | 2.845 AU | 1.855 AU | 17h09m | -07°04' | 164.1° | 5.6° |
Opposition | 7 Jun 2023 | 10.3 | 2.844 AU | 1.854 AU | 17h09m | -07°04' | 164.2° | 5.6° |
(39) Laetitia - 2023-06-07
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The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date.
Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below.
(Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)
The orbital elements of Laetitia are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.1119502
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.7693339
i (Inclination) : 10.37040
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 156.93556
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 209.70137
M (Mean anomaly) : 240.34797
Epoch : 2023 Feb 25
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 186.23250
B (Latitude of perihelion) : -5.11711
P (Orbital period in years) : 4.61
The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.
The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.
The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.
A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.
Ephemerides:
Date Time RA (2000) DEC (2000) delta radius elong phase PA magn
2023-06-07 00:00 UT 17 09 53.6 -07 04 52 1.855 2.845 164.1 5.6 190 10.3
2023-06-07 23:37 UT 17 09 02.7 -07 03 55 1.854 2.844 164.2 5.6 186 10.3
2023-06-08 00:00 UT 17 09 01.9 -07 03 54 1.854 2.844 164.2 5.6 186 10.3
2023-06-09 00:00 UT 17 08 10.0 -07 03 05 1.852 2.842 164.2 5.6 182 10.3
2023-06-10 00:00 UT 17 07 18.1 -07 02 23 1.852 2.841 164.1 5.6 177 10.3
2023-06-11 00:00 UT 17 06 26.2 -07 01 49 1.851 2.840 163.9 5.7 173 10.3
2023-06-12 00:00 UT 17 05 34.2 -07 01 23 1.851 2.839 163.6 5.8 169 10.3
2023-06-13 00:00 UT 17 04 42.4 -07 01 05 1.850 2.838 163.3 5.9 165 10.3
2023-06-14 00:00 UT 17 03 50.7 -07 00 55 1.851 2.837 162.9 6.1 162 10.3
2023-06-15 00:00 UT 17 02 59.2 -07 00 54 1.851 2.836 162.4 6.2 158 10.3
2023-06-16 00:00 UT 17 02 07.9 -07 01 01 1.852 2.835 161.9 6.4 155 10.3
2023-06-17 00:00 UT 17 01 17.0 -07 01 16 1.853 2.834 161.3 6.6 152 10.4
2023-06-18 00:00 UT 17 00 26.4 -07 01 39 1.854 2.833 160.6 6.8 149 10.4
2023-06-19 00:00 UT 16 59 36.3 -07 02 11 1.855 2.831 160.0 7.1 146 10.4
2023-06-20 00:00 UT 16 58 46.6 -07 02 51 1.857 2.830 159.2 7.3 144 10.4
2023-06-21 00:00 UT 16 57 57.5 -07 03 39 1.859 2.829 158.5 7.6 141 10.4
2023-06-22 00:00 UT 16 57 08.9 -07 04 36 1.861 2.828 157.7 7.8 139 10.4
2023-06-23 00:00 UT 16 56 21.0 -07 05 40 1.864 2.827 156.9 8.1 137 10.4
2023-06-24 00:00 UT 16 55 33.8 -07 06 53 1.867 2.826 156.1 8.4 135 10.4
2023-06-25 00:00 UT 16 54 47.3 -07 08 15 1.870 2.825 155.2 8.7 133 10.5
2023-06-26 00:00 UT 16 54 01.6 -07 09 44 1.873 2.824 154.3 9.0 131 10.5
2023-06-27 00:00 UT 16 53 16.7 -07 11 21 1.876 2.823 153.5 9.3 130 10.5
2023-06-28 00:00 UT 16 52 32.6 -07 13 06 1.880 2.821 152.6 9.6 128 10.5
2023-06-29 00:00 UT 16 51 49.5 -07 14 59 1.884 2.820 151.7 9.9 127 10.5
2023-06-30 00:00 UT 16 51 07.3 -07 17 00 1.888 2.819 150.7 10.2 126 10.5
2023-07-01 00:00 UT 16 50 26.1 -07 19 09 1.893 2.818 149.8 10.5 125 10.6
2023-07-02 00:00 UT 16 49 46.0 -07 21 25 1.897 2.817 148.9 10.8 123 10.6
2023-07-03 00:00 UT 16 49 06.8 -07 23 48 1.902 2.816 147.9 11.1 122 10.6
2023-07-04 00:00 UT 16 48 28.8 -07 26 19 1.907 2.815 147.0 11.4 121 10.6
2023-07-05 00:00 UT 16 47 51.9 -07 28 57 1.913 2.814 146.0 11.7 120 10.6
2023-07-06 00:00 UT 16 47 16.1 -07 31 43 1.918 2.812 145.1 11.9 119 10.6
2023-07-07 00:00 UT 16 46 41.5 -07 34 35 1.924 2.811 144.1 12.2 119 10.6
Terminology:
delta: distance between minor planet and earth in AU
radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
magn: magnitude (brightness) estimate
ra: right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
dec: declination in degrees
elong: elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)
phase: phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)
AU: Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.