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Minor Planet Center

(88) Thisbe

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
   (88) Thisbe
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5                 Goffin
M 352.25474              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21399370     Peri.   35.15598     +0.66737319     +0.73922039
a   2.7682293      Node   276.89150     -0.70242465     +0.58450367
e   0.1613885      Incl.    5.22257     -0.24741187     +0.33452753
P   4.61           H    7.04          G   0.14           U   0
From 998 observations at 68 oppositions, 1866-1997, mean residual 0".54.
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 06 25    00 01.36   +05 40.4    2.100    2.352    91.2    25.6    11.7
2000 06 30    00 05.95   +06 24.7    2.045    2.356    94.6    25.5    11.6
2000 07 05    00 10.11   +07 06.5    1.991    2.359    98.1    25.3    11.6
2000 07 10    00 13.80   +07 45.9    1.937    2.363   101.7    24.9    11.5
2000 07 15    00 17.00   +08 22.4    1.884    2.368   105.5    24.4    11.4
2000 07 20    00 19.66   +08 55.8    1.832    2.372   109.4    23.8    11.4
2000 07 25    00 21.76   +09 26.0    1.782    2.377   113.5    23.1    11.3
2000 07 30    00 23.25   +09 52.5    1.734    2.381   117.7    22.2    11.2
2000 08 04    00 24.10   +10 15.0    1.688    2.386   122.1    21.1    11.1
2000 08 09    00 24.30   +10 33.2    1.644    2.391   126.6    19.9    11.0
2000 08 14    00 23.83   +10 46.8    1.604    2.397   131.3    18.5    10.9
2000 08 19    00 22.69   +10 55.6    1.567    2.402   136.2    17.0    10.8
2000 08 24    00 20.91   +10 59.3    1.535    2.408   141.2    15.2    10.7
2000 08 29    00 18.51   +10 57.8    1.507    2.414   146.4    13.4    10.6
2000 09 03    00 15.55   +10 51.1    1.483    2.419   151.7    11.4    10.5
2000 09 08    00 12.13   +10 39.2    1.466    2.425   157.0     9.3    10.4
2000 09 13    00 08.34   +10 22.6    1.454    2.432   162.2     7.3    10.3
2000 09 18    00 04.31   +10 01.8    1.448    2.438   167.0     5.3    10.2
2000 09 23    00 00.18   +09 37.4    1.449    2.444   170.5     3.9    10.2
2000 09 28    23 56.07   +09 10.3    1.456    2.451   170.9     3.7    10.2
2000 10 03    23 52.15   +08 41.3    1.470    2.458   167.9     4.9    10.3
2000 10 08    23 48.54   +08 11.7    1.491    2.464   163.3     6.7    10.4
2000 10 13    23 45.35   +07 42.4    1.517    2.471   158.1     8.7    10.5
2000 10 18    23 42.67   +07 14.4    1.550    2.478   152.8    10.6    10.6
2000 10 23    23 40.58   +06 48.3    1.589    2.486   147.4    12.4    10.8
2000 10 28    23 39.11   +06 25.0    1.632    2.493   142.2    14.1    10.9
2000 11 02    23 38.31   +06 05.0    1.681    2.500   137.0    15.7    11.0
2000 11 07    23 38.17   +05 48.6    1.734    2.508   132.0    17.1    11.1
2000 11 12    23 38.68   +05 36.2    1.791    2.515   127.1    18.3    11.3
2000 11 17    23 39.83   +05 27.8    1.851    2.523   122.3    19.3    11.4
2000 11 22    23 41.59   +05 23.4    1.915    2.530   117.7    20.2    11.5
2000 11 27    23 43.92   +05 23.0    1.981    2.538   113.3    20.9    11.6
2000 12 02    23 46.78   +05 26.5    2.049    2.546   108.9    21.5    11.7
2000 12 07    23 50.16   +05 33.8    2.119    2.554   104.7    21.9    11.8
2000 12 12    23 53.99   +05 44.6    2.191    2.562   100.6    22.2    11.9

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