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(2) Pallas

Orbital Elements

    (2) Pallas
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M   4.80621              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21351562     Peri.  310.27260     -0.56771214     -0.82044092
a   2.7723599      Node   173.19797     +0.81410774     -0.54732119
e   0.2296548      Incl.   34.84603     -0.12219455     +0.16527620
P   4.62           H    4.13          G   0.11
From 5482 observations at 63 oppositions, 1839-1993, mean residual 0".55.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
1999 12 08    08 15.64   -27 45.3    1.609    2.160   110.4    25.3     8.1
1999 12 13    08 15.61   -28 27.5    1.570    2.156   113.1    24.8     8.0
1999 12 18    08 14.81   -29 01.5    1.533    2.152   115.8    24.3     7.9
1999 12 23    08 13.28   -29 26.2    1.498    2.149   118.6    23.7     7.8
1999 12 28    08 11.06   -29 40.1    1.465    2.146   121.2    23.1     7.8
2000 01 02    08 08.22   -29 42.1    1.434    2.143   123.8    22.4     7.7
2000 01 07    08 04.84   -29 30.9    1.407    2.141   126.3    21.7     7.6
2000 01 12    08 01.06   -29 05.5    1.383    2.139   128.6    21.1     7.6
2000 01 17    07 57.05   -28 25.5    1.363    2.138   130.6    20.4     7.5
2000 01 22    07 52.98   -27 30.6    1.346    2.137   132.3    19.9     7.5
2000 01 27    07 49.01   -26 21.1    1.335    2.136   133.6    19.5     7.4
2000 02 01    07 45.31   -24 57.8    1.327    2.136   134.4    19.3     7.4
2000 02 06    07 42.04   -23 21.9    1.325    2.136   134.5    19.2     7.4
2000 02 11    07 39.34   -21 35.1    1.328    2.136   134.1    19.4     7.4
2000 02 16    07 37.33   -19 39.5    1.336    2.137   133.1    19.7     7.5
2000 02 21    07 36.07   -17 37.5    1.350    2.138   131.6    20.2     7.5
2000 02 26    07 35.61   -15 31.5    1.369    2.139   129.5    20.9     7.5
2000 03 02    07 35.96   -13 23.5    1.393    2.141   127.0    21.7     7.6
2000 03 07    07 37.13   -11 15.8    1.422    2.144   124.3    22.5     7.7
2000 03 12    07 39.10   -09 10.3    1.455    2.146   121.2    23.3     7.8
2000 03 17    07 41.84   -07 08.6    1.494    2.149   118.0    24.1     7.8
2000 03 22    07 45.29   -05 12.0    1.536    2.152   114.7    24.9     7.9
2000 03 27    07 49.41   -03 21.4    1.582    2.156   111.4    25.5     8.0
2000 04 01    07 54.15   -01 37.6    1.631    2.160   108.0    26.1     8.1
2000 04 06    07 59.46   -00 00.9    1.684    2.164   104.6    26.6     8.2
2000 04 11    08 05.29   +01 28.3    1.739    2.169   101.2    27.0     8.3
2000 04 16    08 11.58   +02 49.8    1.796    2.174    97.8    27.2     8.4
2000 04 21    08 18.28   +04 03.9    1.856    2.179    94.5    27.4     8.5
2000 04 26    08 25.35   +05 10.6    1.917    2.185    91.3    27.4     8.5

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