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(14) Irene

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 595
   (14) Irene
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M 136.73671              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23706696     Peri.   96.48298     -0.98614031     +0.05070121
a   2.5855644      Node    86.50473     -0.11107533     -0.90904705
e   0.1678430      Incl.    9.10657     +0.12324591     -0.41359745
P   4.16           H    6.30          G   0.15           U   0
From 1765 observations at 84 oppositions, 1851-2000, mean residual 0".54.
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 06 25    00 15.39   -08 40.6    2.737    2.972    93.2    20.0    11.9
2002 06 30    00 18.56   -08 38.7    2.673    2.976    97.1    19.8    11.8
2002 07 05    00 21.32   -08 39.9    2.610    2.979   101.2    19.6    11.7
2002 07 10    00 23.64   -08 44.6    2.547    2.982   105.4    19.2    11.7
2002 07 15    00 25.51   -08 52.8    2.485    2.985   109.7    18.7    11.6
2002 07 20    00 26.88   -09 04.4    2.426    2.988   114.1    18.1    11.5
2002 07 25    00 27.75   -09 19.5    2.368    2.991   118.6    17.3    11.5
2002 07 30    00 28.08   -09 38.0    2.314    2.994   123.3    16.5    11.4
2002 08 04    00 27.86   -09 59.8    2.262    2.996   128.1    15.5    11.3
2002 08 09    00 27.07   -10 24.7    2.215    2.999   133.0    14.3    11.2
2002 08 14    00 25.71   -10 52.3    2.171    3.001   137.9    13.1    11.1
2002 08 19    00 23.79   -11 22.2    2.133    3.003   143.0    11.7    11.0
2002 08 24    00 21.35   -11 53.8    2.099    3.005   148.0    10.3    11.0
2002 08 29    00 18.40   -12 26.4    2.072    3.007   153.0     8.8    10.9
2002 09 03    00 15.01   -12 59.4    2.051    3.009   157.8     7.3    10.8
2002 09 08    00 11.24   -13 31.9    2.036    3.011   162.0     5.9    10.7
2002 09 13    00 07.17   -14 03.0    2.028    3.012   165.2     4.9    10.6
2002 09 18    00 02.93   -14 32.0    2.027    3.013   166.4     4.5    10.6
2002 09 23    23 58.60   -14 58.0    2.034    3.015   165.1     4.9    10.7
2002 09 28    23 54.29   -15 20.4    2.047    3.016   161.9     5.9    10.7
2002 10 03    23 50.12   -15 38.7    2.067    3.017   157.6     7.3    10.8
2002 10 08    23 46.19   -15 52.5    2.094    3.017   152.7     8.7    10.9
2002 10 13    23 42.60   -16 01.5    2.128    3.018   147.7    10.2    11.0
2002 10 18    23 39.42   -16 05.7    2.167    3.019   142.5    11.6    11.1
2002 10 23    23 36.72   -16 05.1    2.211    3.019   137.3    12.9    11.2
2002 10 28    23 34.54   -16 00.0    2.261    3.019   132.2    14.1    11.3
2002 11 02    23 32.90   -15 50.4    2.315    3.020   127.1    15.2    11.4
2002 11 07    23 31.84   -15 36.7    2.373    3.020   122.2    16.1    11.4
2002 11 12    23 31.34   -15 19.2    2.434    3.019   117.3    16.9    11.5
2002 11 17    23 31.40   -14 58.1    2.498    3.019   112.6    17.6    11.6
2002 11 22    23 32.01   -14 33.8    2.564    3.019   108.0    18.1    11.7
2002 11 27    23 33.14   -14 06.6    2.632    3.018   103.5    18.5    11.8
2002 12 02    23 34.76   -13 36.8    2.701    3.017    99.1    18.8    11.8
2002 12 07    23 36.85   -13 04.5    2.771    3.017    94.7    19.0    11.9
2002 12 12    23 39.38   -12 30.1    2.841    3.016    90.5    19.1    11.9

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