(20) Massalia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:(20) Massalia Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 73.51684 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26353354 Peri. 255.58393 -0.21105247 -0.97745917 a 2.4094178 Node 206.60204 +0.90149393 -0.19246275 e 0.1424197 Incl. 0.70573 +0.37784328 -0.08678510 P 3.74 H 6.50 G 0.25 From 732 observations at 55 oppositions, 1869-1993, mean residual 0".62.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 01 27 13 45.81 -11 16.7 1.963 2.312 97.8 25.0 10.8 2000 02 01 13 49.70 -11 37.8 1.908 2.319 101.8 24.6 10.7 2000 02 06 13 53.01 -11 55.4 1.853 2.327 106.0 24.0 10.7 2000 02 11 13 55.70 -12 09.4 1.800 2.335 110.4 23.3 10.6 2000 02 16 13 57.73 -12 19.7 1.749 2.343 114.9 22.5 10.5 2000 02 21 13 59.06 -12 26.0 1.700 2.351 119.6 21.4 10.4 2000 02 26 13 59.67 -12 28.4 1.653 2.359 124.5 20.2 10.3 2000 03 02 13 59.52 -12 26.5 1.609 2.367 129.6 18.8 10.2 2000 03 07 13 58.60 -12 20.5 1.569 2.375 134.8 17.2 10.2 2000 03 12 13 56.93 -12 10.2 1.533 2.383 140.3 15.5 10.1 2000 03 17 13 54.54 -11 55.9 1.501 2.391 145.9 13.5 10.0 2000 03 22 13 51.49 -11 37.7 1.475 2.399 151.7 11.4 9.9 2000 03 27 13 47.86 -11 16.0 1.454 2.407 157.6 9.1 9.8 2000 04 01 13 43.75 -10 51.3 1.440 2.415 163.6 6.7 9.6 2000 04 06 13 39.28 -10 24.3 1.431 2.423 169.7 4.2 9.5 2000 04 11 13 34.61 -09 55.8 1.430 2.430 175.9 1.7 9.4 2000 04 16 13 29.90 -09 26.6 1.435 2.438 178.0 0.8 9.3 2000 04 21 13 25.30 -08 57.8 1.447 2.446 171.9 3.3 9.5 2000 04 26 13 20.94 -08 30.3 1.466 2.454 165.8 5.8 9.7 2000 05 01 13 16.96 -08 04.8 1.491 2.461 159.9 8.1 9.8 2000 05 06 13 13.45 -07 42.1 1.522 2.469 154.1 10.3 10.0 2000 05 11 13 10.52 -07 22.8 1.559 2.477 148.5 12.3 10.1 2000 05 16 13 08.21 -07 07.3 1.601 2.484 143.0 14.2 10.2 2000 05 21 13 06.55 -06 55.8 1.648 2.492 137.7 15.9 10.3 2000 05 26 13 05.55 -06 48.5 1.699 2.499 132.7 17.3 10.4 2000 05 31 13 05.21 -06 45.4 1.754 2.506 127.8 18.7 10.6 2000 06 05 13 05.52 -06 46.3 1.812 2.513 123.0 19.8 10.7 2000 06 10 13 06.45 -06 51.1 1.873 2.521 118.5 20.7 10.8 2000 06 15 13 07.98 -06 59.6 1.936 2.528 114.1 21.5 10.9 2000 06 20 13 10.05 -07 11.6 2.002 2.535 109.9 22.1 11.0 2000 06 25 13 12.65 -07 26.7 2.069 2.542 105.8 22.6 11.1 2000 06 30 13 15.72 -07 44.7 2.137 2.549 101.9 23.0 11.1 2000 07 05 13 19.25 -08 05.3 2.206 2.555 98.1 23.2 11.2 2000 07 10 13 23.20 -08 28.3 2.276 2.562 94.3 23.3 11.3 2000 07 15 13 27.53 -08 53.5 2.346 2.569 90.7 23.3 11.4
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