(55) Pandora
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25033:(55) Pandora Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 296.77247 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21502834 Peri. 4.73422 +0.96406614 -0.26464641 a 2.7593423 Node 10.69800 +0.23945145 +0.82778425 e 0.1424106 Incl. 7.18296 +0.11506294 +0.49470751 P 4.58 H 7.8 G 0.15 U 0 From 304 observations at 38 oppositions, 1913-1994, mean residual 0".56.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 07 25 23 47.41 -08 04.0 1.678 2.440 128.2 19.1 11.8 2000 07 30 23 47.40 -08 02.0 1.628 2.436 132.9 17.8 11.7 2000 08 04 23 46.71 -08 03.1 1.582 2.431 137.8 16.3 11.6 2000 08 09 23 45.34 -08 07.1 1.539 2.426 142.9 14.6 11.5 2000 08 14 23 43.30 -08 13.7 1.502 2.422 148.1 12.8 11.4 2000 08 19 23 40.63 -08 22.6 1.469 2.418 153.5 10.8 11.2 2000 08 24 23 37.37 -08 33.2 1.442 2.414 159.0 8.6 11.1 2000 08 29 23 33.61 -08 45.0 1.421 2.410 164.5 6.4 11.0 2000 09 03 23 29.44 -08 57.2 1.406 2.406 169.9 4.2 10.8 2000 09 08 23 25.02 -09 09.0 1.398 2.402 174.4 2.4 10.7 2000 09 13 23 20.47 -09 19.6 1.396 2.399 174.3 2.4 10.7 2000 09 18 23 15.95 -09 28.4 1.400 2.395 169.8 4.3 10.8 2000 09 23 23 11.60 -09 34.8 1.411 2.392 164.4 6.5 10.9 2000 09 28 23 07.56 -09 38.2 1.428 2.389 158.7 8.8 11.1 2000 10 03 23 03.98 -09 38.1 1.451 2.387 153.1 10.9 11.2 2000 10 08 23 00.95 -09 34.4 1.480 2.384 147.6 13.0 11.3 2000 10 13 22 58.54 -09 27.0 1.513 2.381 142.2 14.9 11.4 2000 10 18 22 56.82 -09 15.7 1.552 2.379 136.9 16.6 11.5 2000 10 23 22 55.81 -09 00.7 1.595 2.377 131.8 18.2 11.6 2000 10 28 22 55.51 -08 42.1 1.642 2.375 126.9 19.5 11.7 2000 11 02 22 55.93 -08 20.0 1.692 2.373 122.2 20.7 11.8
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