(29) Amphitrite
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 23111:(29) Amphitrite Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 (M-c) Bowell M 132.42821 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24140374 Peri. 62.16197 +0.51884086 -0.85484709 a 2.5545048 Node 356.56337 +0.74218333 +0.45413460 e 0.0718839 Incl. 6.10197 +0.42422643 +0.25099444 P 4.08 H 5.85 G 0.20 From 707 observations at 54 oppositions, 1868-1992, mean residual 0".58.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 01 21 13 24.21 -09 28.8 2.321 2.644 98.0 21.6 10.8 2001 01 26 13 26.98 -09 55.3 2.256 2.647 102.3 21.3 10.7 2001 01 31 13 29.23 -10 19.1 2.193 2.650 106.7 20.9 10.6 2001 02 05 13 30.90 -10 40.1 2.132 2.653 111.3 20.3 10.6 2001 02 10 13 31.99 -10 58.2 2.072 2.657 116.0 19.5 10.5 2001 02 15 13 32.44 -11 13.1 2.015 2.660 120.8 18.6 10.4 2001 02 20 13 32.24 -11 24.8 1.960 2.663 125.8 17.5 10.3 2001 02 25 13 31.36 -11 33.1 1.909 2.666 131.0 16.3 10.2 2001 03 02 13 29.81 -11 37.8 1.862 2.669 136.4 14.9 10.1 2001 03 07 13 27.61 -11 39.0 1.820 2.671 141.8 13.3 10.0 2001 03 12 13 24.79 -11 36.7 1.783 2.674 147.5 11.5 9.9 2001 03 17 13 21.40 -11 30.9 1.751 2.677 153.2 9.6 9.8 2001 03 22 13 17.51 -11 21.8 1.725 2.680 159.1 7.6 9.7 2001 03 27 13 13.22 -11 09.6 1.706 2.682 164.9 5.5 9.6 2001 04 01 13 08.65 -10 55.0 1.694 2.685 170.7 3.4 9.5 2001 04 06 13 03.94 -10 38.3 1.689 2.688 175.6 1.6 9.3 2001 04 11 12 59.20 -10 20.3 1.691 2.690 174.9 1.9 9.4 2001 04 16 12 54.58 -10 01.7 1.699 2.693 169.6 3.8 9.5 2001 04 21 12 50.20 -09 43.1 1.715 2.695 163.9 5.9 9.6 2001 04 26 12 46.18 -09 25.3 1.737 2.697 158.1 8.0 9.7 2001 05 01 12 42.62 -09 09.0 1.766 2.700 152.4 10.0 9.8 2001 05 06 12 39.58 -08 54.8 1.801 2.702 146.8 11.8 10.0 2001 05 11 12 37.13 -08 43.1 1.840 2.704 141.4 13.5 10.1 2001 05 16 12 35.29 -08 34.2 1.885 2.706 136.1 15.0 10.2 2001 05 21 12 34.07 -08 28.4 1.934 2.708 131.0 16.4 10.3 2001 05 26 12 33.49 -08 25.8 1.987 2.710 126.1 17.6 10.4 2001 05 31 12 33.53 -08 26.6 2.043 2.712 121.3 18.6 10.5 2001 06 05 12 34.17 -08 30.7 2.102 2.714 116.7 19.5 10.6 2001 06 10 12 35.38 -08 38.1 2.163 2.716 112.3 20.2 10.6 2001 06 15 12 37.13 -08 48.5 2.226 2.717 108.0 20.8 10.7 2001 06 20 12 39.39 -09 01.9 2.291 2.719 103.8 21.3 10.8 2001 06 25 12 42.14 -09 18.1 2.357 2.721 99.8 21.6 10.9 2001 06 30 12 45.33 -09 36.9 2.423 2.722 95.9 21.8 10.9
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