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Minor Planet Center

(26) Proserpina

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 23111:
   (26) Proserpina
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M  42.40116              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22770099     Peri.  193.62832     -0.50669002     +0.86097134
a   2.6559880      Node    45.94981     -0.78505079     -0.43936624
e   0.0883952      Incl.    3.56166     -0.35631516     -0.25629214
P   4.33           H    7.5           G   0.15
From 163 observations at 40 oppositions, 1879-1993, mean residual 0".79.
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 06 30    22 16.07   -16 08.8    1.812    2.566   128.0    18.2    11.8
2001 07 05    22 15.71   -16 19.7    1.769    2.571   132.9    16.8    11.7
2001 07 10    22 14.69   -16 33.9    1.729    2.575   137.9    15.3    11.6
2001 07 15    22 13.01   -16 51.0    1.694    2.580   143.1    13.7    11.5
2001 07 20    22 10.68   -17 10.7    1.664    2.585   148.4    11.9    11.4
2001 07 25    22 07.75   -17 32.5    1.638    2.589   153.8    10.0    11.3
2001 07 30    22 04.30   -17 55.7    1.619    2.594   159.3     7.9    11.2
2001 08 04    22 00.41   -18 19.5    1.606    2.598   164.8     5.9    11.1
2001 08 09    21 56.19   -18 43.1    1.599    2.603   169.9     3.9    11.0
2001 08 14    21 51.75   -19 05.9    1.598    2.608   173.8     2.4    10.9
2001 08 19    21 47.22   -19 27.1    1.604    2.612   173.2     2.6    10.9
2001 08 24    21 42.76   -19 45.9    1.617    2.617   168.9     4.3    11.0
2001 08 29    21 38.50   -20 01.8    1.637    2.622   163.6     6.2    11.1
2001 09 03    21 34.57   -20 14.4    1.663    2.626   158.2     8.2    11.3
2001 09 08    21 31.07   -20 23.6    1.695    2.631   152.7    10.1    11.4
2001 09 13    21 28.10   -20 29.1    1.733    2.636   147.2    11.9    11.5
2001 09 18    21 25.71   -20 31.0    1.776    2.640   141.9    13.6    11.6
2001 09 23    21 23.97   -20 29.3    1.824    2.645   136.7    15.1    11.8
2001 09 28    21 22.89   -20 24.2    1.876    2.650   131.6    16.4    11.9

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