(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:(52) Europa Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 (M-c) Goffin M 196.68107 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18056312 Peri. 342.73975 -0.37271047 -0.92243645 a 3.1001546 Node 129.02243 +0.86598113 -0.38485699 e 0.1013440 Incl. 7.46868 +0.33341204 -0.03156105 P 5.46 H 6.31 G 0.18 From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.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 21 57.37 -13 09.1 2.686 3.389 126.4 14.0 11.9 2002 06 30 21 56.77 -13 21.2 2.628 3.387 131.3 13.0 11.8 2002 07 05 21 55.69 -13 36.1 2.575 3.385 136.4 12.0 11.7 2002 07 10 21 54.14 -13 53.7 2.526 3.383 141.6 10.7 11.6 2002 07 15 21 52.13 -14 13.8 2.483 3.381 147.0 9.4 11.5 2002 07 20 21 49.70 -14 36.2 2.445 3.379 152.4 8.0 11.4 2002 07 25 21 46.90 -15 00.4 2.414 3.377 157.9 6.5 11.3 2002 07 30 21 43.76 -15 26.0 2.389 3.374 163.5 4.9 11.2 2002 08 04 21 40.36 -15 52.6 2.370 3.372 169.2 3.2 11.1 2002 08 09 21 36.77 -16 19.6 2.359 3.370 174.7 1.6 11.0 2002 08 14 21 33.07 -16 46.6 2.355 3.368 177.7 0.7 10.9 2002 08 19 21 29.36 -17 12.8 2.358 3.365 173.0 2.1 11.0 2002 08 24 21 25.73 -17 37.9 2.369 3.363 167.4 3.8 11.2 2002 08 29 21 22.25 -18 01.5 2.386 3.360 161.7 5.4 11.3 2002 09 03 21 19.02 -18 23.0 2.411 3.358 156.0 7.0 11.3 2002 09 08 21 16.11 -18 42.3 2.441 3.355 150.5 8.5 11.4 2002 09 13 21 13.59 -18 59.0 2.478 3.352 145.0 9.9 11.5 2002 09 18 21 11.50 -19 13.1 2.521 3.349 139.6 11.2 11.6 2002 09 23 21 09.90 -19 24.4 2.568 3.347 134.3 12.4 11.7 2002 09 28 21 08.79 -19 33.0 2.620 3.344 129.1 13.5 11.8 2002 10 03 21 08.21 -19 38.9 2.676 3.341 124.0 14.4 11.8
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