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Minor Planet Center

(129) Antigone

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 15526:
  (129) Antigone
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-P)          Sumzina
M 322.60231              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20299318     Peri.  108.61504     -0.40628368     +0.90204028
a   2.8673569      Node   136.48222     -0.89770006     -0.36426292
e   0.2141256      Incl.   12.22414     -0.17049393     -0.23159416
P   4.86           H    7.07          G   0.33
From 392 observations at 32 oppositions, 1923-1988, mean residual 0".81.
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 01 17    13 31.49   +00 20.3    2.236    2.521    95.1    22.9    11.7
2000 01 22    13 36.64   +00 22.5    2.163    2.511    98.9    22.8    11.6
2000 01 27    13 41.43   +00 28.9    2.091    2.501   102.8    22.6    11.5
2000 02 01    13 45.80   +00 39.5    2.020    2.491   106.8    22.3    11.4
2000 02 06    13 49.72   +00 54.7    1.951    2.481   110.9    21.8    11.3
2000 02 11    13 53.15   +01 14.4    1.885    2.471   115.1    21.2    11.2
2000 02 16    13 56.03   +01 38.8    1.821    2.462   119.4    20.5    11.1
2000 02 21    13 58.35   +02 07.6    1.760    2.452   123.8    19.6    11.0
2000 02 26    14 00.06   +02 40.8    1.702    2.443   128.3    18.5    10.9
2000 03 02    14 01.13   +03 18.2    1.648    2.434   132.9    17.4    10.8
2000 03 07    14 01.52   +03 59.4    1.598    2.425   137.5    16.0    10.7
2000 03 12    14 01.25   +04 43.7    1.553    2.416   142.2    14.6    10.6
2000 03 17    14 00.31   +05 30.3    1.513    2.407   146.7    13.1    10.5
2000 03 22    13 58.73   +06 18.3    1.478    2.399   151.1    11.6    10.4
2000 03 27    13 56.56   +07 06.7    1.449    2.390   155.0    10.2    10.3
2000 04 01    13 53.86   +07 54.2    1.425    2.382   158.3     8.9    10.2
2000 04 06    13 50.72   +08 39.5    1.408    2.374   160.4     8.1    10.1
2000 04 11    13 47.26   +09 21.3    1.397    2.367   161.0     7.9    10.1
2000 04 16    13 43.61   +09 58.3    1.392    2.359   159.8     8.4    10.1
2000 04 21    13 39.92   +10 29.5    1.393    2.352   157.3     9.5    10.1
2000 04 26    13 36.31   +10 54.1    1.400    2.345   153.7    10.9    10.2
2000 05 01    13 32.92   +11 11.5    1.412    2.338   149.7    12.6    10.2
2000 05 06    13 29.88   +11 21.3    1.430    2.331   145.3    14.3    10.3
2000 05 11    13 27.28   +11 23.6    1.453    2.325   140.8    15.9    10.4
2000 05 16    13 25.23   +11 18.4    1.480    2.319   136.3    17.5    10.5
2000 05 21    13 23.76   +11 06.2    1.511    2.313   131.9    19.0    10.6
2000 05 26    13 22.92   +10 47.4    1.546    2.307   127.5    20.4    10.6
2000 05 31    13 22.73   +10 22.6    1.583    2.302   123.3    21.6    10.7
2000 06 05    13 23.19   +09 52.2    1.624    2.297   119.2    22.7    10.8
2000 06 10    13 24.31   +09 17.0    1.667    2.292   115.2    23.6    10.9
2000 06 15    13 26.05   +08 37.4    1.712    2.287   111.4    24.4    10.9
2000 06 20    13 28.39   +07 54.0    1.759    2.283   107.7    25.1    11.0
2000 06 25    13 31.30   +07 07.3    1.807    2.279   104.1    25.6    11.1
2000 06 30    13 34.75   +06 17.8    1.856    2.275   100.6    26.1    11.1
2000 07 05    13 38.71   +05 25.9    1.907    2.272    97.3    26.4    11.2
2000 07 10    13 43.16   +04 32.0    1.958    2.268    94.0    26.6    11.3
2000 07 15    13 48.05   +03 36.5    2.009    2.266    90.9    26.7    11.3

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