(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:(52) Europa Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-c) Goffin M 52.64004 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18065484 Peri. 342.35853 -0.36693593 -0.92475377 a 3.0991051 Node 129.04534 +0.86838630 -0.37942049 e 0.1010196 Incl. 7.46765 +0.33356146 -0.02950527 P 5.46 H 6.31 G 0.18 From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.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 1999 12 23 12 08.32 +03 38.0 2.700 2.878 90.2 20.0 11.7 1999 12 28 12 12.17 +03 28.4 2.635 2.881 94.4 19.9 11.7 2000 01 07 12 18.62 +03 19.3 2.505 2.889 103.0 19.4 11.6 2000 01 12 12 21.15 +03 20.1 2.441 2.893 107.5 18.9 11.5 2000 01 17 12 23.19 +03 24.7 2.380 2.897 112.1 18.3 11.4 2000 01 22 12 24.71 +03 33.2 2.321 2.901 116.9 17.6 11.3 2000 01 27 12 25.70 +03 45.6 2.264 2.905 121.7 16.7 11.3 2000 02 01 12 26.12 +04 01.8 2.211 2.910 126.8 15.7 11.2 2000 02 06 12 25.97 +04 21.8 2.161 2.914 131.9 14.6 11.1 2000 02 11 12 25.24 +04 45.4 2.116 2.918 137.2 13.3 11.0 2000 02 16 12 23.96 +05 12.3 2.075 2.922 142.6 11.8 10.9 2000 02 21 12 22.15 +05 41.8 2.040 2.927 148.1 10.3 10.8 2000 02 26 12 19.84 +06 13.6 2.011 2.931 153.6 8.6 10.7 2000 03 02 12 17.10 +06 47.0 1.988 2.935 159.0 6.9 10.6 2000 03 07 12 13.99 +07 21.1 1.972 2.940 164.2 5.3 10.5 2000 03 12 12 10.60 +07 55.2 1.963 2.944 168.8 3.8 10.5 2000 03 17 12 07.03 +08 28.4 1.961 2.949 171.4 2.9 10.4 2000 03 22 12 03.39 +08 59.8 1.966 2.953 170.3 3.3 10.4 2000 03 27 11 59.79 +09 28.7 1.979 2.958 166.4 4.5 10.5 2000 04 01 11 56.31 +09 54.5 1.998 2.963 161.5 6.1 10.6 2000 04 06 11 53.07 +10 16.7 2.024 2.967 156.2 7.8 10.7 2000 04 11 11 50.15 +10 34.7 2.056 2.972 150.9 9.4 10.8 2000 04 16 11 47.62 +10 48.4 2.095 2.977 145.5 11.0 10.9 2000 04 21 11 45.54 +10 57.7 2.138 2.982 140.3 12.4 11.0 2000 04 26 11 43.93 +11 02.6 2.187 2.986 135.2 13.7 11.1 2000 05 01 11 42.83 +11 03.2 2.240 2.991 130.2 14.9 11.2 2000 05 06 11 42.26 +10 59.7 2.297 2.996 125.3 15.9 11.3 2000 05 11 11 42.20 +10 52.2 2.358 3.001 120.6 16.8 11.4 2000 05 16 11 42.66 +10 41.1 2.421 3.006 116.0 17.6 11.5 2000 05 21 11 43.61 +10 26.5 2.487 3.010 111.6 18.2 11.6 2000 05 26 11 45.03 +10 08.7 2.555 3.015 107.3 18.7 11.7 2000 05 31 11 46.90 +09 48.1 2.624 3.020 103.1 19.1 11.7 2000 06 05 11 49.20 +09 24.7 2.695 3.025 99.0 19.3 11.8 2000 06 10 11 51.89 +08 59.0 2.766 3.030 95.1 19.5 11.9 2000 06 15 11 54.95 +08 31.0 2.838 3.035 91.2 19.5 11.9
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