(196) Philomela
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601(196) Philomela Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Williams M 53.61886 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17940361 Peri. 205.70216 +0.14200372 +0.98250261 a 3.1134980 Node 72.65344 -0.88501302 +0.18055048 e 0.0246588 Incl. 7.25329 -0.44338122 -0.04571800 P 5.49 H 6.54 G 0.15 U 0 From 742 observations at 58 oppositions, 1879-2000, mean residual 0".65.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 07 25 00 37.75 -05 34.2 2.515 3.086 115.1 17.3 11.9 2002 07 30 00 38.65 -05 41.4 2.457 3.087 119.6 16.6 11.8 2002 08 04 00 39.04 -05 51.6 2.401 3.089 124.3 15.7 11.8 2002 08 09 00 38.91 -06 04.8 2.349 3.090 129.1 14.8 11.7 2002 08 14 00 38.25 -06 20.8 2.300 3.091 134.0 13.6 11.6 2002 08 19 00 37.07 -06 39.2 2.256 3.092 139.0 12.4 11.5 2002 08 24 00 35.37 -06 59.7 2.217 3.093 144.1 11.1 11.4 2002 08 29 00 33.20 -07 22.0 2.183 3.094 149.3 9.6 11.3 2002 09 03 00 30.57 -07 45.5 2.155 3.096 154.4 8.1 11.2 2002 09 08 00 27.55 -08 09.7 2.133 3.097 159.5 6.6 11.1 2002 09 13 00 24.19 -08 33.8 2.118 3.098 164.2 5.1 11.0 2002 09 18 00 20.59 -08 57.2 2.109 3.099 168.0 3.9 11.0 2002 09 23 00 16.84 -09 19.2 2.108 3.100 169.8 3.3 10.9 2002 09 28 00 13.02 -09 39.1 2.113 3.102 168.4 3.7 11.0 2002 10 03 00 09.24 -09 56.5 2.126 3.103 164.8 4.8 11.0 2002 10 08 00 05.60 -10 10.8 2.145 3.104 160.1 6.3 11.1 2002 10 13 00 02.19 -10 21.5 2.172 3.105 155.0 7.8 11.2 2002 10 18 23 59.10 -10 28.4 2.205 3.106 149.8 9.3 11.3 2002 10 23 23 56.39 -10 31.5 2.243 3.108 144.5 10.7 11.4 2002 10 28 23 54.12 -10 30.5 2.288 3.109 139.2 12.0 11.5 2002 11 02 23 52.32 -10 25.7 2.337 3.110 134.0 13.3 11.6 2002 11 07 23 51.04 -10 17.0 2.391 3.111 128.9 14.3 11.7 2002 11 12 23 50.28 -10 04.6 2.449 3.112 123.9 15.3 11.8
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