(2) Pallas
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24084:
(2) Pallas
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell
M 218.05718 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21340155 Peri. 310.42308 -0.56947867 -0.81918965
a 2.7733478 Node 173.16621 +0.81295635 -0.54904008
e 0.2299714 Incl. 34.84637 -0.12163890 +0.16578093
P 4.62 H 4.13 G 0.11
From 5482 observations at 63 oppositions, 1839-1993, mean residual 0".55.
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 2003 07 20 01 47.33 +01 43.9 2.717 2.923 91.3 20.3 9.7 2003 07 25 01 51.45 +01 15.5 2.638 2.912 95.2 20.3 9.6 2003 07 30 01 55.25 +00 42.2 2.559 2.901 99.2 20.2 9.5 2003 08 04 01 58.69 +00 03.7 2.482 2.890 103.3 20.0 9.5 2003 08 09 02 01.74 -00 40.2 2.407 2.878 107.5 19.6 9.4 2003 08 14 02 04.38 -01 29.7 2.333 2.867 111.7 19.2 9.3 2003 08 19 02 06.56 -02 24.8 2.262 2.856 116.1 18.6 9.2 2003 08 24 02 08.25 -03 25.6 2.195 2.844 120.5 17.8 9.1 2003 08 29 02 09.41 -04 32.0 2.130 2.833 124.9 17.0 9.0 2003 09 03 02 10.03 -05 43.8 2.070 2.821 129.4 16.0 8.9 2003 09 08 02 10.07 -07 00.6 2.015 2.809 133.9 15.0 8.8 2003 09 13 02 09.53 -08 21.7 1.965 2.798 138.3 13.9 8.7 2003 09 18 02 08.39 -09 46.3 1.921 2.786 142.4 12.7 8.6 2003 09 23 02 06.68 -11 13.3 1.883 2.774 146.2 11.6 8.5 2003 09 28 02 04.41 -12 41.5 1.851 2.762 149.5 10.6 8.4 2003 10 03 02 01.62 -14 09.3 1.826 2.750 151.9 9.9 8.3 2003 10 08 01 58.40 -15 35.2 1.809 2.738 153.2 9.5 8.3 2003 10 13 01 54.81 -16 57.5 1.798 2.726 153.2 9.5 8.2 2003 10 18 01 50.97 -18 14.7 1.794 2.714 151.9 10.0 8.2 2003 10 23 01 46.98 -19 25.4 1.797 2.702 149.4 10.8 8.3 2003 10 28 01 42.96 -20 28.4 1.807 2.690 146.1 11.9 8.3 2003 11 02 01 39.06 -21 22.7 1.823 2.678 142.2 13.1 8.4 2003 11 07 01 35.39 -22 08.0 1.845 2.665 138.0 14.4 8.4 2003 11 12 01 32.05 -22 43.9 1.872 2.653 133.6 15.7 8.5 2003 11 17 01 29.15 -23 10.6 1.904 2.641 129.1 16.9 8.6 2003 11 22 01 26.76 -23 28.3 1.939 2.629 124.6 18.0 8.7 2003 11 27 01 24.95 -23 37.5 1.978 2.617 120.1 19.0 8.7 2003 12 02 01 23.76 -23 38.8 2.020 2.604 115.7 19.9 8.8 2003 12 07 01 23.21 -23 32.9 2.065 2.592 111.4 20.7 8.8 2003 12 12 01 23.30 -23 20.5 2.111 2.580 107.2 21.4 8.9 2003 12 17 01 24.03 -23 02.2 2.158 2.568 103.2 21.9 9.0 2003 12 22 01 25.39 -22 38.9 2.206 2.556 99.2 22.3 9.0 2003 12 27 01 27.36 -22 10.9 2.255 2.544 95.4 22.6 9.1
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