(28) Bellona
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:(28) Bellona Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 224.20033 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21305658 Peri. 342.81164 -0.60989033 -0.78681976 a 2.7763406 Node 144.60397 +0.74493948 -0.60992375 e 0.1501122 Incl. 9.39938 +0.27036820 -0.09438050 P 4.63 H 7.09 G 0.15 From 544 observations at 55 oppositions, 1870-1992, 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 09 03 02 08.61 +02 31.2 2.129 2.875 129.2 15.8 11.9 2000 09 08 02 08.20 +02 04.6 2.073 2.868 134.1 14.6 11.8 2000 09 13 02 07.21 +01 35.3 2.022 2.860 139.1 13.3 11.7 2000 09 18 02 05.65 +01 03.4 1.976 2.853 144.2 11.9 11.6 2000 09 23 02 03.54 +00 29.5 1.936 2.845 149.4 10.4 11.5 2000 09 28 02 00.91 -00 05.8 1.901 2.838 154.4 8.8 11.3 2000 10 03 01 57.82 -00 41.9 1.872 2.830 159.3 7.2 11.2 2000 10 08 01 54.34 -01 17.8 1.850 2.823 163.6 5.7 11.1 2000 10 13 01 50.57 -01 52.8 1.835 2.815 166.6 4.7 11.1 2000 10 18 01 46.61 -02 26.0 1.827 2.808 167.4 4.4 11.0 2000 10 23 01 42.57 -02 56.5 1.826 2.800 165.5 5.1 11.1 2000 10 28 01 38.56 -03 23.6 1.832 2.792 161.7 6.4 11.1 2000 11 02 01 34.71 -03 46.5 1.844 2.785 157.0 8.0 11.2 2000 11 07 01 31.13 -04 04.8 1.863 2.777 151.9 9.7 11.3 2000 11 12 01 27.92 -04 18.0 1.889 2.769 146.6 11.4 11.4 2000 11 17 01 25.15 -04 26.2 1.920 2.761 141.3 12.9 11.5 2000 11 22 01 22.89 -04 29.1 1.956 2.753 136.0 14.4 11.6 2000 11 27 01 21.19 -04 26.9 1.997 2.746 130.9 15.8 11.6 2000 12 02 01 20.08 -04 19.7 2.042 2.738 125.8 17.0 11.7 2000 12 07 01 19.58 -04 07.8 2.090 2.730 120.9 18.0 11.8 2000 12 12 01 19.68 -03 51.6 2.142 2.722 116.1 19.0 11.9
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