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(140) Siwa

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25033:
  (140) Siwa
Epoch 2000 Feb. 26.0 TT = JDT 2451600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 332.75414              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21825351     Peri.  195.71761     +0.54551270     +0.83641890
a   2.7320914      Node   107.36947     -0.76282479     +0.52175969
e   0.2160076      Incl.    3.18925     -0.34715161     +0.16783994
P   4.52           H    8.34          G   0.15           U   0
From 116 observations at 35 oppositions, 1877-1994, mean residual 0".88.
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 15    21 36.30   -15 12.4    1.416    2.143   122.8    23.5    11.9
2000 06 20    21 38.44   -15 13.0    1.371    2.143   127.1    22.2    11.7
2000 06 25    21 39.87   -15 17.7    1.328    2.142   131.5    20.8    11.6
2000 06 30    21 40.54   -15 26.6    1.289    2.142   136.2    19.2    11.5
2000 07 05    21 40.44   -15 39.7    1.254    2.142   141.1    17.4    11.4
2000 07 10    21 39.59   -15 56.8    1.222    2.143   146.1    15.3    11.3
2000 07 15    21 38.02   -16 17.5    1.196    2.144   151.3    13.2    11.2
2000 07 20    21 35.78   -16 41.4    1.174    2.145   156.7    10.8    11.0
2000 07 25    21 32.94   -17 07.8    1.157    2.146   162.2     8.3    10.9
2000 07 30    21 29.60   -17 35.7    1.145    2.148   167.7     5.8    10.8
2000 08 04    21 25.90   -18 04.3    1.140    2.150   173.2     3.2    10.6
2000 08 09    21 22.02   -18 32.5    1.140    2.153   177.0     1.4    10.5
2000 08 14    21 18.11   -18 59.3    1.146    2.156   173.7     2.9    10.6
2000 08 19    21 14.34   -19 23.8    1.158    2.159   168.3     5.4    10.8
2000 08 24    21 10.88   -19 45.3    1.176    2.163   162.8     8.0    10.9
2000 08 29    21 07.85   -20 03.4    1.200    2.167   157.3    10.4    11.1
2000 09 03    21 05.41   -20 17.5    1.229    2.171   151.8    12.7    11.2
2000 09 08    21 03.63   -20 27.4    1.263    2.175   146.6    14.8    11.4
2000 09 13    21 02.59   -20 33.2    1.301    2.180   141.5    16.7    11.5
2000 09 18    21 02.30   -20 34.9    1.344    2.185   136.6    18.4    11.6
2000 09 23    21 02.77   -20 32.6    1.390    2.191   131.8    20.0    11.8

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