(80) Sappho
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 23111:(80) Sappho Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5 Goffin M 274.40095 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28326200 Peri. 139.22411 +0.99477879 +0.03826289 a 2.2962042 Node 218.89430 -0.06394515 +0.95620209 e 0.2000114 Incl. 8.66638 +0.07953728 +0.29019564 P 3.48 H 7.98 G 0.15 From 820 observations at 71 oppositions, 1864-1993, mean residual 0".98.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 05 06 19 41.25 -12 12.4 1.625 2.192 110.5 25.5 11.9 2000 05 11 19 44.62 -11 31.6 1.562 2.181 114.3 25.0 11.8 2000 05 16 19 47.37 -10 50.7 1.500 2.169 118.2 24.3 11.7 2000 05 21 19 49.45 -10 10.1 1.441 2.158 122.2 23.4 11.5 2000 05 26 19 50.82 -09 30.1 1.385 2.146 126.3 22.3 11.4 2000 05 31 19 51.44 -08 51.3 1.331 2.135 130.6 21.1 11.3 2000 06 05 19 51.28 -08 14.1 1.281 2.123 135.0 19.8 11.1 2000 06 10 19 50.33 -07 39.1 1.235 2.112 139.5 18.2 11.0 2000 06 15 19 48.61 -07 06.8 1.192 2.101 144.0 16.5 10.9 2000 06 20 19 46.13 -06 37.9 1.154 2.090 148.6 14.7 10.7 2000 06 25 19 42.94 -06 12.8 1.121 2.078 153.0 12.8 10.6 2000 06 30 19 39.11 -05 52.3 1.093 2.067 157.1 11.0 10.4 2000 07 05 19 34.77 -05 36.9 1.070 2.057 160.7 9.4 10.3 2000 07 10 19 30.06 -05 26.8 1.052 2.046 163.0 8.4 10.2 2000 07 15 19 25.17 -05 22.2 1.040 2.035 163.5 8.1 10.2 2000 07 20 19 20.26 -05 23.2 1.034 2.025 162.1 8.9 10.2 2000 07 25 19 15.53 -05 29.6 1.033 2.014 159.1 10.3 10.2 2000 07 30 19 11.16 -05 40.9 1.037 2.004 155.2 12.3 10.3 2000 08 04 19 07.33 -05 56.7 1.046 1.994 150.8 14.4 10.4 2000 08 09 19 04.19 -06 16.2 1.061 1.985 146.2 16.5 10.5 2000 08 14 19 01.84 -06 38.8 1.079 1.975 141.5 18.6 10.6 2000 08 19 19 00.36 -07 03.4 1.102 1.966 136.9 20.6 10.7 2000 08 24 18 59.79 -07 29.6 1.128 1.957 132.3 22.5 10.8 2000 08 29 19 00.16 -07 56.4 1.157 1.948 127.9 24.1 10.9 2000 09 03 19 01.47 -08 23.3 1.189 1.939 123.7 25.6 11.0 2000 09 08 19 03.70 -08 49.6 1.223 1.931 119.6 27.0 11.1 2000 09 13 19 06.81 -09 14.7 1.260 1.923 115.7 28.1 11.1 2000 09 18 19 10.75 -09 38.2 1.298 1.915 111.9 29.1 11.2 2000 09 23 19 15.48 -09 59.6 1.337 1.908 108.3 30.0 11.3 2000 09 28 19 20.95 -10 18.5 1.378 1.901 104.8 30.6 11.4 2000 10 03 19 27.11 -10 34.8 1.420 1.894 101.5 31.2 11.5 2000 10 08 19 33.90 -10 48.0 1.463 1.887 98.3 31.6 11.5 2000 10 13 19 41.26 -10 57.9 1.507 1.881 95.2 31.9 11.6
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