(2) Pallas
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24084:
(2) Pallas
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 175.41433 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21338599 Peri. 310.39441 -0.56913147 -0.81943591
a 2.7734826 Node 173.17164 +0.81319142 -0.54871322
e 0.2299373 Incl. 34.84247 -0.12169259 +0.16564597
P 4.62 H 4.13 G 0.11
From 5482 observations at 63 oppositions, 1839-1993, mean residual 0".55.
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 2002 05 26 21 22.53 +14 18.8 3.159 3.411 95.7 17.2 10.2 2002 05 31 21 23.56 +14 44.8 3.095 3.411 99.5 17.0 10.2 2002 06 05 21 24.15 +15 08.5 3.031 3.411 103.3 16.8 10.1 2002 06 10 21 24.28 +15 29.5 2.968 3.411 107.3 16.5 10.1 2002 06 15 21 23.95 +15 47.4 2.908 3.410 111.3 16.1 10.0 2002 06 20 21 23.15 +16 01.6 2.849 3.410 115.3 15.6 10.0 2002 06 25 21 21.88 +16 11.8 2.793 3.409 119.4 15.1 9.9 2002 06 30 21 20.16 +16 17.5 2.739 3.408 123.5 14.4 9.8 2002 07 05 21 17.99 +16 18.3 2.690 3.407 127.6 13.7 9.8 2002 07 10 21 15.40 +16 13.8 2.644 3.406 131.7 12.9 9.7 2002 07 15 21 12.44 +16 03.5 2.603 3.404 135.6 12.1 9.6 2002 07 20 21 09.15 +15 47.2 2.567 3.403 139.4 11.2 9.6 2002 07 25 21 05.60 +15 24.8 2.536 3.401 142.8 10.4 9.5 2002 07 30 21 01.85 +14 56.3 2.511 3.399 145.9 9.6 9.5 2002 08 04 20 57.98 +14 21.7 2.492 3.398 148.3 9.0 9.4 2002 08 09 20 54.08 +13 41.4 2.480 3.395 149.9 8.6 9.4 2002 08 14 20 50.23 +12 55.7 2.474 3.393 150.6 8.4 9.4 2002 08 19 20 46.52 +12 05.2 2.475 3.391 150.1 8.5 9.4 2002 08 24 20 43.03 +11 10.8 2.483 3.388 148.7 8.9 9.4 2002 08 29 20 39.84 +10 13.2 2.498 3.386 146.4 9.5 9.4 2002 09 03 20 37.00 +09 13.2 2.519 3.383 143.4 10.2 9.5 2002 09 08 20 34.58 +08 11.7 2.547 3.380 139.9 11.1 9.5 2002 09 13 20 32.61 +07 09.6 2.580 3.377 136.0 11.9 9.6 2002 09 18 20 31.13 +06 07.8 2.619 3.374 131.9 12.8 9.7 2002 09 23 20 30.16 +05 06.8 2.663 3.370 127.6 13.7 9.7 2002 09 28 20 29.69 +04 07.5 2.712 3.367 123.2 14.4 9.8 2002 10 03 20 29.75 +03 10.3 2.765 3.363 118.8 15.1 9.9 2002 10 08 20 30.31 +02 15.6 2.822 3.359 114.3 15.7 9.9 2002 10 13 20 31.37 +01 23.9 2.882 3.355 109.9 16.2 10.0 2002 10 18 20 32.92 +00 35.4 2.944 3.351 105.5 16.6 10.0 2002 10 23 20 34.92 -00 09.7 3.009 3.347 101.2 17.0 10.1 2002 10 28 20 37.35 -00 51.4 3.075 3.343 96.9 17.2 10.1 2002 11 02 20 40.20 -01 29.4 3.142 3.338 92.6 17.3 10.2
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