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(23) Thalia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 4876
   (23) Thalia
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Goffin
M 248.78900              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23159959     Peri.   59.40375     -0.58476121     -0.79475656
a   2.6260976      Node    67.26484     +0.67080039     -0.58641006
e   0.2337758      Incl.   10.14986     +0.45615914     -0.15647765
P   4.26           H    6.95          G   0.15           U   0
From 888 observations at 67 oppositions, 1852-2000, mean residual 0".53.
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 08 19    02 54.93   +07 39.1    2.242    2.649   102.3    21.9    11.9
2001 08 24    02 57.96   +07 47.2    2.168    2.637   106.3    21.6    11.8
2001 08 29    03 00.50   +07 53.2    2.095    2.625   110.5    21.1    11.7
2001 09 03    03 02.52   +07 57.1    2.024    2.612   114.7    20.5    11.6
2001 09 08    03 03.96   +07 59.0    1.955    2.600   119.2    19.8    11.5
2001 09 13    03 04.78   +07 58.9    1.889    2.587   123.7    18.9    11.4
2001 09 18    03 04.94   +07 56.8    1.826    2.575   128.5    17.8    11.2
2001 09 23    03 04.42   +07 53.0    1.766    2.562   133.4    16.5    11.1
2001 09 28    03 03.19   +07 47.6    1.711    2.549   138.5    15.1    11.0
2001 10 03    03 01.25   +07 40.9    1.660    2.537   143.7    13.5    10.9
2001 10 08    02 58.61   +07 33.1    1.614    2.524   149.1    11.7    10.7
2001 10 13    02 55.30   +07 24.7    1.573    2.511   154.6     9.8    10.6
2001 10 18    02 51.38   +07 16.0    1.538    2.498   160.1     7.8    10.4
2001 10 23    02 46.93   +07 07.5    1.510    2.486   165.4     5.8    10.3
2001 10 28    02 42.09   +06 59.8    1.488    2.473   169.9     4.0    10.1
2001 11 02    02 36.97   +06 53.5    1.474    2.460   171.9     3.2    10.1
2001 11 07    02 31.75   +06 49.2    1.466    2.447   169.7     4.1    10.1
2001 11 12    02 26.56   +06 47.2    1.465    2.435   165.0     6.0    10.2
2001 11 17    02 21.58   +06 48.2    1.471    2.422   159.5     8.2    10.3
2001 11 22    02 16.97   +06 52.5    1.483    2.409   153.8    10.4    10.4
2001 11 27    02 12.86   +07 00.5    1.501    2.396   148.1    12.6    10.5
2001 12 02    02 09.35   +07 12.2    1.525    2.384   142.4    14.6    10.6
2001 12 07    02 06.53   +07 27.8    1.554    2.371   136.9    16.5    10.7
2001 12 12    02 04.45   +07 47.1    1.588    2.359   131.5    18.2    10.8
2001 12 17    02 03.14   +08 10.1    1.626    2.346   126.3    19.8    10.8
2001 12 22    02 02.63   +08 36.7    1.667    2.334   121.3    21.1    10.9
2001 12 27    02 02.90   +09 06.5    1.710    2.322   116.5    22.3    11.0
2002 01 01    02 03.94   +09 39.4    1.756    2.310   111.8    23.3    11.1
2002 01 06    02 05.71   +10 15.0    1.804    2.298   107.3    24.1    11.2

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