(9) Metis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(9) Metis
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin
M 113.70033 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26743537 Peri. 5.54082 +0.26719350 -0.95936309
a 2.3859252 Node 68.98722 +0.88035064 +0.20472751
e 0.1222289 Incl. 5.57695 +0.39190609 +0.19418831
P 3.69 H 6.28 G 0.17 U 0
From 2131 observations at 96 oppositions, 1822-2001, mean residual 0".54.
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 03 02 16 14.83 -18 26.5 2.331 2.623 95.8 22.1 11.2 2003 03 07 16 18.37 -18 37.2 2.267 2.627 100.0 21.8 11.2 2003 03 12 16 21.35 -18 46.5 2.203 2.630 104.2 21.5 11.1 2003 03 17 16 23.74 -18 54.5 2.141 2.634 108.6 21.0 11.0 2003 03 22 16 25.52 -19 01.2 2.081 2.637 113.2 20.3 11.0 2003 03 27 16 26.63 -19 06.8 2.022 2.640 117.9 19.5 10.9 2003 04 01 16 27.05 -19 11.2 1.966 2.643 122.7 18.6 10.8 2003 04 06 16 26.74 -19 14.5 1.913 2.646 127.7 17.4 10.7 2003 04 11 16 25.70 -19 16.6 1.863 2.648 132.8 16.1 10.6 2003 04 16 16 23.94 -19 17.7 1.818 2.651 138.1 14.6 10.5 2003 04 21 16 21.46 -19 17.7 1.777 2.654 143.6 13.0 10.4 2003 04 26 16 18.30 -19 16.6 1.741 2.656 149.2 11.2 10.3 2003 05 01 16 14.52 -19 14.4 1.711 2.658 154.9 9.2 10.2 2003 05 06 16 10.20 -19 11.1 1.687 2.660 160.8 7.2 10.1 2003 05 11 16 05.44 -19 06.9 1.669 2.662 166.7 5.0 9.9 2003 05 16 16 00.39 -19 01.9 1.658 2.664 172.7 2.8 9.8 2003 05 21 15 55.17 -18 56.4 1.654 2.666 178.2 0.7 9.6 2003 05 26 15 49.92 -18 50.6 1.657 2.668 174.9 1.9 9.7 2003 05 31 15 44.79 -18 44.8 1.667 2.669 169.0 4.1 9.9 2003 06 05 15 39.92 -18 39.5 1.683 2.670 163.1 6.3 10.0 2003 06 10 15 35.45 -18 34.9 1.706 2.672 157.3 8.4 10.1 2003 06 15 15 31.46 -18 31.6 1.735 2.673 151.6 10.4 10.3 2003 06 20 15 28.05 -18 29.6 1.770 2.674 146.0 12.3 10.4 2003 06 25 15 25.26 -18 29.4 1.810 2.675 140.6 13.9 10.5 2003 06 30 15 23.14 -18 31.1 1.855 2.676 135.4 15.5 10.6 2003 07 05 15 21.70 -18 34.7 1.904 2.676 130.3 16.8 10.7 2003 07 10 15 20.96 -18 40.5 1.956 2.677 125.4 18.0 10.8 2003 07 15 15 20.90 -18 48.4 2.012 2.677 120.6 19.1 10.9 2003 07 20 15 21.50 -18 58.2 2.071 2.677 116.1 19.9 11.0 2003 07 25 15 22.74 -19 09.8 2.131 2.677 111.6 20.7 11.1 2003 07 30 15 24.59 -19 23.3 2.194 2.677 107.3 21.2 11.1 2003 08 04 15 27.01 -19 38.3 2.258 2.677 103.1 21.7 11.2 2003 08 09 15 29.99 -19 54.7 2.323 2.677 99.1 22.0 11.3 2003 08 14 15 33.48 -20 12.3 2.388 2.677 95.2 22.1 11.3 2003 08 19 15 37.45 -20 30.9 2.454 2.676 91.3 22.2 11.4
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