(16) Psyche
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:(16) Psyche Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Goffin M 145.24151 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19760860 Peri. 228.34171 +0.94668219 -0.32106003 a 2.9192111 Node 150.35632 +0.30930509 +0.88256215 e 0.1396548 Incl. 3.09535 +0.09012880 +0.34351785 P 4.99 H 5.90 G 0.20 U 0 From 1831 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-1998, mean residual 0".53.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 12 12 11 10.75 +05 09.7 2.928 3.143 93.3 18.2 11.6 2001 12 17 11 13.26 +04 56.9 2.861 3.148 97.8 18.0 11.6 2001 12 22 11 15.34 +04 47.0 2.794 3.154 102.3 17.7 11.5 2001 12 27 11 16.95 +04 40.2 2.728 3.159 107.0 17.3 11.4 2002 01 01 11 18.07 +04 36.6 2.664 3.164 111.8 16.8 11.4 2002 01 06 11 18.70 +04 36.4 2.603 3.169 116.8 16.1 11.3 2002 01 11 11 18.80 +04 39.6 2.543 3.174 121.9 15.3 11.2 2002 01 16 11 18.36 +04 46.4 2.488 3.179 127.1 14.3 11.1 2002 01 21 11 17.39 +04 56.7 2.436 3.184 132.5 13.2 11.1 2002 01 26 11 15.90 +05 10.5 2.389 3.189 138.0 11.9 11.0 2002 01 31 11 13.90 +05 27.6 2.347 3.194 143.6 10.5 10.9 2002 02 05 11 11.43 +05 47.7 2.310 3.199 149.4 9.0 10.8 2002 02 10 11 08.52 +06 10.4 2.280 3.203 155.3 7.4 10.7 2002 02 15 11 05.25 +06 35.4 2.257 3.208 161.2 5.7 10.6 2002 02 20 11 01.69 +07 01.9 2.241 3.212 167.3 3.9 10.5 2002 02 25 10 57.92 +07 29.5 2.232 3.217 173.3 2.1 10.4 2002 03 02 10 54.05 +07 57.5 2.230 3.221 179.0 0.3 10.3 2002 03 07 10 50.16 +08 25.1 2.236 3.225 174.4 1.7 10.4 2002 03 12 10 46.35 +08 51.8 2.250 3.229 168.4 3.5 10.5 2002 03 17 10 42.73 +09 17.0 2.271 3.234 162.4 5.3 10.6 2002 03 22 10 39.38 +09 40.1 2.299 3.238 156.6 7.0 10.7 2002 03 27 10 36.37 +10 00.7 2.334 3.241 150.8 8.6 10.8 2002 04 01 10 33.77 +10 18.5 2.375 3.245 145.2 10.1 10.9 2002 04 06 10 31.62 +10 33.3 2.421 3.249 139.7 11.5 11.0 2002 04 11 10 29.96 +10 44.9 2.473 3.253 134.3 12.7 11.1 2002 04 16 10 28.80 +10 53.3 2.529 3.256 129.1 13.8 11.2 2002 04 21 10 28.15 +10 58.5 2.590 3.260 124.0 14.8 11.3 2002 04 26 10 28.02 +11 00.6 2.653 3.263 119.1 15.6 11.4 2002 05 01 10 28.38 +10 59.6 2.720 3.267 114.3 16.3 11.5 2002 05 06 10 29.22 +10 55.6 2.789 3.270 109.7 16.9 11.5 2002 05 11 10 30.52 +10 48.9 2.860 3.273 105.2 17.3 11.6 2002 05 16 10 32.26 +10 39.5 2.932 3.276 100.8 17.6 11.7 2002 05 21 10 34.41 +10 27.5 3.005 3.279 96.6 17.9 11.7 2002 05 26 10 36.95 +10 13.1 3.079 3.282 92.4 18.0 11.8
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