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Minor Planet Center

(11) Parthenope

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:
   (11) Parthenope
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 284.26934              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25653313     Peri.  194.29937     +0.76492314     +0.64078572
a   2.4530538      Node   125.65886     -0.58277138     +0.73177557
e   0.0991239      Incl.    4.62176     -0.27435399     +0.23215981
P   3.84           H    6.55          G   0.15
From 2613 observations at 61 oppositions, 1850-1993, mean residual 0".57.
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.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2000 03 17    17 30.10   -18 25.1    2.113    2.395    93.8    24.5    11.2
2000 03 22    17 35.46   -18 22.8    2.046    2.389    97.5    24.4    11.1
2000 03 27    17 40.34   -18 19.4    1.979    2.384   101.3    24.2    11.0
2000 04 01    17 44.71   -18 15.2    1.913    2.379   105.2    23.9    11.0
2000 04 06    17 48.52   -18 10.3    1.848    2.373   109.2    23.5    10.9
2000 04 11    17 51.71   -18 04.9    1.785    2.368   113.3    22.9    10.8
2000 04 16    17 54.27   -17 59.3    1.725    2.363   117.5    22.1    10.7
2000 04 21    17 56.14   -17 53.7    1.666    2.357   122.0    21.2    10.6
2000 04 26    17 57.28   -17 48.3    1.610    2.352   126.5    20.1    10.4
2000 05 01    17 57.68   -17 43.3    1.557    2.347   131.2    18.8    10.3
2000 05 06    17 57.28   -17 38.9    1.508    2.342   136.1    17.4    10.2
2000 05 11    17 56.11   -17 35.4    1.463    2.337   141.2    15.7    10.1
2000 05 16    17 54.17   -17 32.8    1.422    2.332   146.4    13.9     9.9
2000 05 21    17 51.49   -17 31.2    1.386    2.327   151.7    11.9     9.8
2000 05 26    17 48.14   -17 30.9    1.355    2.322   157.2     9.7     9.7
2000 05 31    17 44.19   -17 31.7    1.330    2.317   162.7     7.5     9.5
2000 06 05    17 39.75   -17 33.8    1.310    2.313   168.0     5.2     9.4
2000 06 10    17 34.97   -17 37.2    1.297    2.308   172.7     3.2     9.3
2000 06 15    17 30.03   -17 41.8    1.290    2.303   174.3     2.5     9.2
2000 06 20    17 25.07   -17 47.7    1.290    2.299   170.9     4.0     9.3
2000 06 25    17 20.27   -17 54.9    1.295    2.294   165.8     6.2     9.4
2000 06 30    17 15.79   -18 03.3    1.307    2.290   160.3     8.6     9.5
2000 07 05    17 11.77   -18 13.0    1.324    2.286   154.8    10.9     9.6
2000 07 10    17 08.36   -18 24.0    1.347    2.282   149.4    13.1     9.8
2000 07 15    17 05.64   -18 36.3    1.375    2.277   144.1    15.2     9.9
2000 07 20    17 03.67   -18 49.7    1.407    2.273   138.9    17.1    10.0
2000 07 25    17 02.49   -19 04.3    1.444    2.270   133.9    18.8    10.1
2000 07 30    17 02.13   -19 19.8    1.484    2.266   129.1    20.3    10.2
2000 08 04    17 02.59   -19 36.1    1.527    2.262   124.5    21.7    10.3
2000 08 09    17 03.85   -19 53.2    1.573    2.258   120.0    22.9    10.4
2000 08 14    17 05.90   -20 10.6    1.622    2.255   115.8    23.9    10.5
2000 08 19    17 08.68   -20 28.3    1.672    2.252   111.6    24.7    10.6
2000 08 24    17 12.16   -20 46.1    1.725    2.248   107.7    25.4    10.7
2000 08 29    17 16.31   -21 03.6    1.778    2.245   103.8    25.9    10.7
2000 09 03    17 21.10   -21 20.6    1.833    2.242   100.1    26.3    10.8
2000 09 08    17 26.47   -21 37.0    1.888    2.239    96.6    26.5    10.9
2000 09 13    17 32.38   -21 52.5    1.944    2.236    93.1    26.7    10.9

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