(17) Thetis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24548:(17) Thetis Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 327.20936 (2000.0) P Q n 0.25391849 Peri. 135.55349 -0.15032497 +0.98546721 a 2.4698647 Node 125.64412 -0.93201007 -0.11457120 e 0.1360186 Incl. 5.58575 -0.32978725 -0.12541061 P 3.88 H 7.76 G 0.15 From 570 observations at 63 oppositions, 1884-1994, mean residual 0".76.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 16 42.64 -15 05.4 1.698 2.184 105.4 26.1 11.8 2000 03 22 16 47.33 -15 01.8 1.639 2.180 109.2 25.6 11.7 2000 03 27 16 51.43 -14 56.4 1.581 2.176 113.1 24.9 11.6 2000 04 01 16 54.86 -14 49.4 1.525 2.172 117.2 24.2 11.5 2000 04 06 16 57.59 -14 41.2 1.471 2.168 121.4 23.2 11.4 2000 04 11 16 59.56 -14 32.0 1.420 2.164 125.8 22.1 11.3 2000 04 16 17 00.75 -14 22.0 1.372 2.161 130.3 20.7 11.1 2000 04 21 17 01.13 -14 11.7 1.327 2.158 135.0 19.2 11.0 2000 04 26 17 00.68 -14 01.2 1.286 2.155 139.8 17.5 10.9 2000 05 01 16 59.41 -13 50.9 1.248 2.152 144.8 15.7 10.8 2000 05 06 16 57.33 -13 41.2 1.216 2.149 149.9 13.6 10.6 2000 05 11 16 54.50 -13 32.5 1.188 2.147 155.1 11.4 10.5 2000 05 16 16 51.03 -13 25.2 1.165 2.145 160.3 9.1 10.4 2000 05 21 16 47.02 -13 19.6 1.148 2.142 165.2 6.9 10.2 2000 05 26 16 42.62 -13 16.0 1.137 2.141 169.3 5.0 10.1 2000 05 31 16 37.98 -13 14.7 1.131 2.139 171.2 4.1 10.1 2000 06 05 16 33.29 -13 16.1 1.132 2.138 169.6 4.9 10.1 2000 06 10 16 28.74 -13 20.3 1.138 2.137 165.5 6.8 10.2 2000 06 15 16 24.50 -13 27.5 1.150 2.136 160.7 9.1 10.3 2000 06 20 16 20.72 -13 37.7 1.168 2.135 155.5 11.4 10.4 2000 06 25 16 17.53 -13 50.8 1.191 2.134 150.4 13.6 10.6 2000 06 30 16 15.02 -14 06.7 1.218 2.134 145.3 15.8 10.7 2000 07 05 16 13.27 -14 25.3 1.251 2.134 140.3 17.7 10.8 2000 07 10 16 12.33 -14 46.4 1.287 2.134 135.5 19.5 10.9 2000 07 15 16 12.20 -15 09.6 1.327 2.134 130.8 21.1 11.1 2000 07 20 16 12.89 -15 34.6 1.370 2.135 126.4 22.5 11.2 2000 07 25 16 14.37 -16 01.1 1.415 2.136 122.1 23.8 11.3 2000 07 30 16 16.63 -16 28.8 1.464 2.137 118.0 24.8 11.4 2000 08 04 16 19.62 -16 57.4 1.514 2.138 114.0 25.7 11.5 2000 08 09 16 23.31 -17 26.6 1.567 2.140 110.2 26.4 11.6 2000 08 14 16 27.67 -17 55.9 1.621 2.141 106.5 27.0 11.7 2000 08 19 16 32.63 -18 25.1 1.676 2.143 102.9 27.4 11.8 2000 08 24 16 38.16 -18 54.0 1.732 2.145 99.5 27.7 11.8
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