(25) Phocaea
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25716:(25) Phocaea Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Goffin M 329.15064 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26515041 Peri. 90.22645 +0.52736513 +0.82397306 a 2.3996129 Node 214.30482 -0.84900862 +0.52044833 e 0.2566691 Incl. 21.57607 +0.03271680 +0.22405787 P 3.72 H 7.83 G 0.15 U 0 From 1300 observations at 68 oppositions, 1853-1993, mean residual 0".77.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 03 17 17 29.78 -14 29.0 1.741 2.058 93.6 28.8 11.9 2002 03 22 17 37.32 -13 31.6 1.674 2.045 96.7 28.9 11.8 2002 03 27 17 44.45 -12 28.4 1.607 2.031 99.8 29.0 11.7 2002 04 01 17 51.15 -11 19.2 1.543 2.018 103.0 28.9 11.6 2002 04 06 17 57.38 -10 04.0 1.480 2.004 106.2 28.6 11.5 2002 04 11 18 03.08 -08 42.8 1.420 1.991 109.4 28.3 11.3 2002 04 16 18 08.20 -07 15.7 1.362 1.979 112.7 27.9 11.2 2002 04 21 18 12.69 -05 42.9 1.306 1.966 116.0 27.3 11.1 2002 04 26 18 16.52 -04 05.0 1.254 1.954 119.3 26.7 11.0 2002 05 01 18 19.64 -02 22.2 1.205 1.942 122.5 25.9 10.9 2002 05 06 18 22.00 -00 35.3 1.159 1.930 125.8 25.1 10.7 2002 05 11 18 23.57 +01 14.7 1.117 1.919 128.9 24.2 10.6 2002 05 16 18 24.31 +03 06.6 1.079 1.908 131.9 23.2 10.5 2002 05 21 18 24.23 +04 58.8 1.045 1.898 134.6 22.3 10.4 2002 05 26 18 23.34 +06 49.5 1.015 1.887 137.1 21.4 10.3 2002 05 31 18 21.66 +08 37.0 0.990 1.877 139.2 20.7 10.2 2002 06 05 18 19.25 +10 19.1 0.969 1.868 140.7 20.1 10.1 2002 06 10 18 16.20 +11 53.5 0.952 1.859 141.7 19.8 10.1 2002 06 15 18 12.64 +13 18.2 0.940 1.850 142.1 19.7 10.0 2002 06 20 18 08.73 +14 31.3 0.933 1.842 141.9 19.9 10.0 2002 06 25 18 04.65 +15 31.4 0.930 1.835 141.0 20.4 10.0 2002 06 30 18 00.58 +16 17.8 0.930 1.827 139.6 21.1 10.0 2002 07 05 17 56.70 +16 49.9 0.935 1.821 137.8 22.0 10.0 2002 07 10 17 53.20 +17 07.7 0.942 1.815 135.7 23.0 10.1 2002 07 15 17 50.26 +17 11.7 0.954 1.809 133.3 24.1 10.1 2002 07 20 17 48.01 +17 03.0 0.968 1.804 130.8 25.2 10.2 2002 07 25 17 46.55 +16 42.9 0.985 1.799 128.2 26.3 10.3 2002 07 30 17 45.94 +16 12.7 1.004 1.795 125.5 27.4 10.3 2002 08 04 17 46.23 +15 33.8 1.025 1.792 122.9 28.4 10.4 2002 08 09 17 47.43 +14 47.6 1.049 1.789 120.3 29.3 10.5 2002 08 14 17 49.56 +13 55.6 1.075 1.787 117.7 30.1 10.6 2002 08 19 17 52.58 +12 59.1 1.102 1.785 115.2 30.9 10.6 2002 08 24 17 56.46 +11 59.5 1.131 1.784 112.7 31.5 10.7 2002 08 29 18 01.16 +10 57.7 1.161 1.784 110.3 32.1 10.8 2002 09 03 18 06.62 +09 54.8 1.193 1.784 108.0 32.5 10.8 2002 09 08 18 12.81 +08 51.7 1.226 1.785 105.6 32.9 10.9 2002 09 13 18 19.69 +07 49.1 1.261 1.786 103.4 33.2 11.0 2002 09 18 18 27.19 +06 48.0 1.297 1.788 101.2 33.5 11.1 2002 09 23 18 35.27 +05 48.9 1.334 1.790 99.0 33.6 11.1 2002 09 28 18 43.86 +04 52.4 1.373 1.793 96.8 33.7 11.2 2002 10 03 18 52.94 +03 58.9 1.413 1.797 94.7 33.7 11.3 2002 10 08 19 02.44 +03 08.9 1.455 1.801 92.6 33.7 11.3 2002 10 13 19 12.34 +02 22.7 1.498 1.806 90.4 33.5 11.4
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