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(9) Metis

Orbital Elements

    (9) Metis
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 206.04019              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26733371     Peri.    5.84364     +0.26185087     -0.96083167
a   2.3865300      Node    69.00317     +0.88148607     +0.19981430
e   0.1217099      Incl.    5.57857     +0.39295856     +0.19203319
P   3.69           H    6.28          G   0.17
From 815 observations at 50 oppositions, 1849-1993, mean residual 0".63.

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
 
2000 05 06    21 08.56   -20 42.9    2.364    2.608    92.3    22.7    11.3
2000 05 11    21 13.15   -20 36.0    2.295    2.604    96.1    22.7    11.2
2000 05 16    21 17.29   -20 31.4    2.227    2.600   100.0    22.5    11.1
2000 05 21    21 20.98   -20 29.2    2.159    2.596   103.9    22.2    11.1
2000 05 26    21 24.16   -20 29.7    2.092    2.591   108.0    21.8    11.0
2000 05 31    21 26.81   -20 33.1    2.027    2.587   112.2    21.3    10.9
2000 06 05    21 28.88   -20 39.7    1.964    2.582   116.5    20.6    10.8
2000 06 10    21 30.33   -20 49.6    1.903    2.578   121.0    19.7    10.7
2000 06 15    21 31.15   -21 02.9    1.845    2.573   125.6    18.7    10.6
2000 06 20    21 31.29   -21 19.6    1.790    2.568   130.4    17.5    10.5
2000 06 25    21 30.74   -21 39.6    1.739    2.563   135.3    16.2    10.4
2000 06 30    21 29.48   -22 02.7    1.692    2.558   140.3    14.7    10.3
2000 07 05    21 27.50   -22 28.7    1.649    2.553   145.5    13.0    10.1
2000 07 10    21 24.82   -22 56.9    1.611    2.548   150.8    11.2    10.0
2000 07 15    21 21.51   -23 26.7    1.579    2.542   156.2     9.3     9.9
2000 07 20    21 17.60   -23 57.3    1.553    2.537   161.5     7.3     9.8
2000 07 25    21 13.19   -24 28.0    1.533    2.531   166.5     5.4     9.7
2000 07 30    21 08.40   -24 57.7    1.519    2.526   170.5     3.8     9.5
2000 08 04    21 03.36   -25 25.5    1.512    2.520   171.7     3.3     9.5
2000 08 09    20 58.23   -25 50.6    1.512    2.514   169.1     4.4     9.6
2000 08 14    20 53.19   -26 12.3    1.518    2.509   164.5     6.2     9.7
2000 08 19    20 48.37   -26 30.1    1.530    2.503   159.3     8.2     9.8
2000 08 24    20 43.94   -26 43.8    1.549    2.497   153.9    10.3     9.9
2000 08 29    20 40.02   -26 53.1    1.573    2.491   148.5    12.2    10.0
2000 09 03    20 36.72   -26 58.1    1.603    2.485   143.1    14.1    10.1
2000 09 08    20 34.13   -26 59.0    1.638    2.478   137.8    15.8    10.2
2000 09 13    20 32.30   -26 56.0    1.677    2.472   132.7    17.4    10.3
2000 09 18    20 31.25   -26 49.4    1.719    2.466   127.7    18.8    10.4
2000 09 23    20 30.99   -26 39.5    1.766    2.460   122.9    20.0    10.4
2000 09 28    20 31.51   -26 26.6    1.815    2.453   118.2    21.1    10.5
2000 10 03    20 32.78   -26 10.8    1.866    2.447   113.7    22.0    10.6
2000 10 08    20 34.79   -25 52.4    1.920    2.440   109.4    22.7    10.7
2000 10 13    20 37.47   -25 31.6    1.975    2.434   105.1    23.3    10.8
2000 10 18    20 40.78   -25 08.5    2.031    2.427   101.0    23.8    10.8
2000 10 23    20 44.68   -24 43.2    2.087    2.420    97.1    24.1    10.9

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