(230) Athamantis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:(230) Athamantis Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5 Goffin M 162.13985 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26812429 Peri. 139.33137 +0.93603566 -0.32200059 a 2.3818365 Node 239.99124 +0.26513186 +0.91055343 e 0.0619978 Incl. 9.43547 +0.23139218 +0.25924520 P 3.68 H 7.35 G 0.27 U 0 From 797 observations at 64 oppositions, 1882-1996, 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 22 11 22.36 -07 38.5 2.175 2.474 95.7 23.3 11.9 2001 12 27 11 25.39 -08 19.3 2.113 2.477 99.7 23.0 11.9 2002 01 06 11 29.83 -09 32.3 1.993 2.482 108.2 22.1 11.7 2002 01 11 11 31.16 -10 03.8 1.934 2.484 112.6 21.4 11.7 2002 01 16 11 31.86 -10 31.3 1.878 2.486 117.2 20.6 11.6 2002 01 21 11 31.89 -10 54.3 1.825 2.489 121.9 19.6 11.5 2002 01 26 11 31.25 -11 12.5 1.774 2.491 126.7 18.5 11.4 2002 01 31 11 29.94 -11 25.3 1.727 2.493 131.7 17.1 11.3 2002 02 05 11 27.95 -11 32.4 1.683 2.495 136.8 15.7 11.2 2002 02 10 11 25.32 -11 33.3 1.645 2.497 142.0 14.1 11.1 2002 02 15 11 22.10 -11 27.7 1.611 2.499 147.2 12.4 11.0 2002 02 20 11 18.38 -11 15.7 1.583 2.501 152.4 10.6 10.9 2002 02 25 11 14.25 -10 57.3 1.561 2.503 157.2 8.8 10.8 2002 03 02 11 09.84 -10 32.8 1.546 2.505 161.5 7.2 10.7 2002 03 07 11 05.29 -10 02.9 1.537 2.507 164.5 6.1 10.7 2002 03 12 11 00.72 -09 28.3 1.535 2.509 165.4 5.7 10.7 2002 03 17 10 56.31 -08 50.0 1.539 2.510 163.9 6.3 10.7 2002 03 22 10 52.18 -08 09.2 1.551 2.512 160.5 7.6 10.8 2002 03 27 10 48.47 -07 27.1 1.569 2.513 156.1 9.3 10.9 2002 04 01 10 45.27 -06 44.9 1.593 2.515 151.2 11.0 11.0 2002 04 06 10 42.66 -06 03.6 1.623 2.516 146.1 12.8 11.0 2002 04 11 10 40.68 -05 24.2 1.658 2.518 141.0 14.5 11.1 2002 04 16 10 39.39 -04 47.5 1.699 2.519 136.0 16.1 11.2 2002 04 21 10 38.78 -04 14.1 1.743 2.520 131.1 17.5 11.3 2002 04 26 10 38.86 -03 44.6 1.792 2.521 126.3 18.8 11.4 2002 05 01 10 39.60 -03 19.1 1.843 2.522 121.6 19.9 11.5 2002 05 06 10 40.96 -02 57.8 1.898 2.523 117.1 20.8 11.6 2002 05 11 10 42.93 -02 40.8 1.955 2.524 112.8 21.7 11.7 2002 05 16 10 45.46 -02 28.1 2.014 2.525 108.5 22.3 11.8
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