(74) Galatea
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24716:(74) Galatea Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 (M-c) Bowell M 310.88722 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21252523 Peri. 173.88345 +0.98004305 -0.19763631 a 2.7809663 Node 197.55925 +0.17925247 +0.92504675 e 0.2359371 Incl. 4.05671 +0.08593125 +0.32438928 P 4.64 H 8.66 G 0.15 From 206 observations at 34 oppositions, 1908-1994, mean residual 0".67.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 09 23 24.28 +01 03.7 1.298 2.200 144.0 15.7 11.8 2001 08 14 23 22.95 +00 52.6 1.261 2.193 149.1 13.7 11.7 2001 08 19 23 21.01 +00 36.1 1.230 2.187 154.4 11.5 11.5 2001 08 24 23 18.52 +00 14.4 1.203 2.180 159.9 9.2 11.4 2001 08 29 23 15.59 -00 11.8 1.182 2.174 165.4 6.7 11.2 2001 09 03 23 12.31 -00 41.9 1.167 2.168 170.8 4.2 11.1 2001 09 08 23 08.83 -01 15.0 1.157 2.163 175.4 2.1 10.9 2001 09 13 23 05.29 -01 50.0 1.154 2.158 174.9 2.4 10.9 2001 09 18 23 01.85 -02 25.7 1.157 2.153 169.9 4.7 11.0 2001 09 23 22 58.67 -03 00.8 1.165 2.149 164.4 7.2 11.2 2001 09 28 22 55.89 -03 34.3 1.180 2.145 158.7 9.8 11.3 2001 10 03 22 53.64 -04 04.9 1.200 2.141 153.2 12.2 11.4 2001 10 08 22 52.00 -04 32.0 1.225 2.138 147.7 14.4 11.6 2001 10 13 22 51.04 -04 54.8 1.255 2.135 142.5 16.5 11.7 2001 10 18 22 50.81 -05 12.9 1.290 2.132 137.4 18.5 11.8
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