(2) Pallas
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24084:
(2) Pallas
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 90.12365 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21340085 Peri. 310.33679 -0.56855064 -0.81985581
a 2.7733539 Node 173.19179 +0.81356484 -0.54816419
e 0.2298490 Incl. 34.84039 -0.12191152 +0.16538584
P 4.62 H 4.13 G 0.11
From 5482 observations at 63 oppositions, 1839-1993, mean residual 0".55.
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 2001 03 12 17 05.39 +11 25.4 2.586 2.872 96.4 20.1 9.5 2001 03 17 17 08.47 +12 30.8 2.543 2.883 99.7 19.9 9.5 2001 03 22 17 11.03 +13 38.2 2.502 2.894 103.0 19.6 9.5 2001 03 27 17 13.02 +14 47.2 2.463 2.905 106.3 19.2 9.4 2001 04 01 17 14.42 +15 57.0 2.426 2.916 109.5 18.8 9.4 2001 04 06 17 15.22 +17 07.0 2.392 2.927 112.7 18.4 9.4 2001 04 11 17 15.42 +18 16.5 2.360 2.938 115.8 17.9 9.3 2001 04 16 17 15.00 +19 24.7 2.333 2.949 118.7 17.4 9.3 2001 04 21 17 13.96 +20 30.8 2.308 2.960 121.4 16.8 9.2 2001 04 26 17 12.31 +21 33.7 2.288 2.970 124.0 16.3 9.2 2001 05 01 17 10.09 +22 32.5 2.272 2.981 126.2 15.8 9.2 2001 05 06 17 07.35 +23 26.3 2.260 2.991 128.2 15.4 9.2 2001 05 11 17 04.13 +24 14.2 2.253 3.001 129.8 15.0 9.2 2001 05 16 17 00.51 +24 55.3 2.250 3.012 131.0 14.7 9.2 2001 05 21 16 56.57 +25 29.1 2.252 3.022 131.7 14.5 9.2 2001 05 26 16 52.40 +25 55.0 2.259 3.032 131.9 14.4 9.2 2001 05 31 16 48.11 +26 12.5 2.271 3.041 131.7 14.4 9.2 2001 06 05 16 43.81 +26 21.5 2.287 3.051 131.1 14.5 9.2 2001 06 10 16 39.60 +26 22.3 2.308 3.061 130.0 14.7 9.2 2001 06 15 16 35.57 +26 14.9 2.333 3.070 128.5 15.0 9.3 2001 06 20 16 31.82 +25 59.8 2.363 3.080 126.7 15.3 9.3 2001 06 25 16 28.43 +25 37.5 2.397 3.089 124.6 15.7 9.4 2001 06 30 16 25.46 +25 08.5 2.434 3.098 122.2 16.1 9.4 2001 07 05 16 22.96 +24 33.8 2.475 3.107 119.7 16.5 9.5 2001 07 10 16 20.96 +23 54.0 2.520 3.116 117.0 16.9 9.6 2001 07 15 16 19.48 +23 09.9 2.567 3.125 114.3 17.2 9.6 2001 07 20 16 18.53 +22 22.2 2.617 3.134 111.4 17.6 9.7 2001 07 25 16 18.12 +21 31.5 2.670 3.143 108.4 17.9 9.7 2001 07 30 16 18.24 +20 38.5 2.725 3.151 105.5 18.1 9.8 2001 08 04 16 18.87 +19 43.9 2.781 3.159 102.5 18.3 9.8 2001 08 09 16 20.00 +18 48.3 2.840 3.168 99.4 18.4 9.9 2001 08 14 16 21.60 +17 51.9 2.899 3.176 96.4 18.5 10.0 2001 08 19 16 23.66 +16 55.4 2.960 3.184 93.4 18.5 10.0
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