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Minor Planet Center

(67) Asia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 26379:
   (67) Asia
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Goffin
M 353.70452              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26163198     Peri.  105.46422     +0.61881452     +0.78447502
a   2.4210783      Node   202.91650     -0.75493026     +0.57953015
e   0.1852269      Incl.    6.01970     -0.21713796     +0.22077987
P   3.77           H    8.28          G   0.15           U   0
From 412 observations at 63 oppositions, 1861-1994, mean residual 1".00.
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 07 20    00 27.96   +09 01.1    1.473    2.023   107.3    28.7    11.9
2001 07 25    00 31.78   +09 24.1    1.429    2.029   111.0    27.9    11.8
2001 07 30    00 34.96   +09 42.2    1.387    2.035   114.9    26.9    11.7
2001 08 04    00 37.46   +09 55.0    1.346    2.041   119.0    25.8    11.7
2001 08 09    00 39.24   +10 02.1    1.307    2.047   123.3    24.4    11.6
2001 08 14    00 40.27   +10 03.3    1.270    2.054   127.9    22.9    11.5
2001 08 19    00 40.51   +09 58.1    1.237    2.061   132.6    21.2    11.3
2001 08 24    00 39.95   +09 46.3    1.206    2.069   137.6    19.2    11.2
2001 08 29    00 38.64   +09 28.0    1.180    2.076   142.8    17.1    11.1
2001 09 03    00 36.60   +09 03.1    1.157    2.084   148.3    14.7    11.0
2001 09 08    00 33.90   +08 32.2    1.140    2.092   153.9    12.2    10.9
2001 09 13    00 30.65   +07 55.6    1.127    2.100   159.7     9.6    10.8
2001 09 18    00 26.96   +07 14.3    1.120    2.108   165.5     6.8    10.7
2001 09 23    00 22.99   +06 29.4    1.119    2.117   171.4     4.1    10.5
2001 09 28    00 18.93   +05 42.4    1.125    2.126   176.2     1.8    10.4
2001 10 03    00 14.93   +04 54.7    1.136    2.134   174.6     2.5    10.5
2001 10 08    00 11.17   +04 07.8    1.154    2.143   169.1     5.1    10.7
2001 10 13    00 07.78   +03 23.0    1.178    2.153   163.3     7.7    10.8
2001 10 18    00 04.89   +02 41.6    1.208    2.162   157.4    10.2    11.0
2001 10 23    00 02.61   +02 04.7    1.243    2.171   151.7    12.5    11.2
2001 10 28    00 01.02   +01 33.0    1.284    2.181   146.2    14.7    11.3
2001 11 02    00 00.13   +01 06.9    1.329    2.190   140.8    16.6    11.5
2001 11 07    23 59.96   +00 46.7    1.379    2.200   135.7    18.3    11.6
2001 11 12    00 00.50   +00 32.3    1.433    2.210   130.7    19.9    11.8
2001 11 17    00 01.74   +00 23.7    1.491    2.220   125.9    21.2    11.9

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