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(36) Atalante

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35405:
   (36) Atalante
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Bowell
M 312.09449              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21638751     Peri.   47.39155     +0.69486730     -0.71909130
a   2.7477756      Node   358.51385     +0.53184880     +0.52153532
e   0.3025287      Incl.   18.41849     +0.48404163     +0.45924788
P   4.55           H    8.46          G   0.15           U   0
From 120 observations at 25 oppositions, 1871-1999, mean residual 0".69.
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 29    02 35.19   +23 37.2    1.367    1.977   111.6    28.4    11.9
2001 09 03    02 38.43   +25 06.9    1.315    1.969   115.2    27.6    11.8
2001 09 08    02 40.97   +26 37.7    1.266    1.961   118.8    26.8    11.6
2001 09 13    02 42.70   +28 09.3    1.219    1.954   122.6    25.7    11.5
2001 09 18    02 43.53   +29 41.0    1.176    1.948   126.4    24.5    11.4
2001 09 23    02 43.39   +31 12.3    1.136    1.942   130.3    23.2    11.3
2001 09 28    02 42.21   +32 42.1    1.100    1.937   134.3    21.7    11.2
2001 10 03    02 39.96   +34 09.2    1.067    1.932   138.3    20.2    11.0
2001 10 08    02 36.61   +35 32.3    1.040    1.928   142.1    18.6    10.9
2001 10 13    02 32.20   +36 49.6    1.016    1.925   145.7    17.0    10.8
2001 10 18    02 26.82   +37 59.3    0.998    1.922   149.0    15.5    10.7
2001 10 23    02 20.66   +38 59.8    0.986    1.920   151.5    14.3    10.7
2001 10 28    02 13.95   +39 49.9    0.978    1.918   153.2    13.5    10.6
2001 11 02    02 07.00   +40 28.8    0.976    1.917   153.8    13.2    10.6
2001 11 07    02 00.13   +40 56.3    0.979    1.916   153.2    13.5    10.6
2001 11 12    01 53.65   +41 13.0    0.988    1.917   151.4    14.3    10.7
2001 11 17    01 47.89   +41 19.7    1.001    1.917   148.9    15.5    10.7
2001 11 22    01 43.09   +41 18.3    1.020    1.919   145.7    16.8    10.8
2001 11 27    01 39.46   +41 10.7    1.043    1.921   142.2    18.3    10.9
2001 12 02    01 37.08   +40 58.7    1.070    1.923   138.5    19.8    11.0
2001 12 07    01 35.99   +40 44.0    1.101    1.926   134.7    21.3    11.1
2001 12 12    01 36.20   +40 28.0    1.136    1.930   130.9    22.7    11.2
2001 12 17    01 37.67   +40 12.1    1.174    1.934   127.2    23.9    11.4
2001 12 22    01 40.35   +39 57.3    1.215    1.939   123.5    25.0    11.5
2001 12 27    01 44.14   +39 44.3    1.258    1.945   119.9    26.0    11.6
2002 01 01    01 48.96   +39 33.3    1.304    1.951   116.4    26.8    11.7
2002 01 06    01 54.71   +39 24.6    1.351    1.957   113.0    27.5    11.8

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