(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:(52) Europa Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 (M-c) Goffin M 124.64527 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18055254 Peri. 342.58238 -0.37028809 -0.92341448 a 3.1002757 Node 129.02942 +0.86699132 -0.38257364 e 0.1012160 Incl. 7.46740 +0.33348579 -0.03071004 P 5.46 H 6.31 G 0.18 From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.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 04 11 17 28.92 -15 09.7 2.709 3.305 118.4 15.5 11.9 2001 04 16 17 28.93 -15 02.1 2.651 3.309 123.2 14.7 11.8 2001 04 21 17 28.39 -14 54.5 2.596 3.312 128.2 13.8 11.7 2001 04 26 17 27.30 -14 47.0 2.545 3.316 133.2 12.8 11.7 2001 05 01 17 25.69 -14 39.7 2.498 3.319 138.3 11.6 11.6 2001 05 06 17 23.57 -14 32.9 2.456 3.322 143.5 10.4 11.5 2001 05 11 17 20.98 -14 26.6 2.420 3.326 148.8 9.1 11.4 2001 05 16 17 17.97 -14 21.0 2.390 3.329 154.1 7.6 11.3 2001 05 21 17 14.58 -14 16.1 2.366 3.332 159.3 6.2 11.3 2001 05 26 17 10.91 -14 12.2 2.349 3.335 164.3 4.7 11.2 2001 05 31 17 07.02 -14 09.4 2.338 3.338 168.6 3.4 11.1 2001 06 05 17 03.01 -14 07.7 2.335 3.341 171.2 2.7 11.0 2001 06 10 16 58.98 -14 07.2 2.338 3.344 170.5 2.9 11.1 2001 06 15 16 55.00 -14 08.1 2.349 3.347 167.1 3.9 11.1 2001 06 20 16 51.18 -14 10.4 2.367 3.350 162.4 5.3 11.2 2001 06 25 16 47.60 -14 14.1 2.391 3.352 157.4 6.7 11.3 2001 06 30 16 44.33 -14 19.3 2.422 3.355 152.2 8.1 11.4 2001 07 05 16 41.44 -14 25.9 2.459 3.358 147.0 9.5 11.5 2001 07 10 16 38.97 -14 34.0 2.502 3.360 141.8 10.8 11.6 2001 07 15 16 36.97 -14 43.5 2.550 3.363 136.7 12.0 11.7 2001 07 20 16 35.46 -14 54.3 2.603 3.365 131.7 13.0 11.8 2001 07 25 16 34.45 -15 06.3 2.659 3.368 126.8 14.0 11.8 2001 07 30 16 33.97 -15 19.5 2.720 3.370 122.0 14.8 11.9
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