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Minor Planet Center

(11) Parthenope

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:
   (11) Parthenope
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 179.88468              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25638132     Peri.  195.16375     +0.77427430     +0.62944887
a   2.4540220      Node   125.63823     -0.57191722     +0.74029185
e   0.0989843      Incl.    4.62444     -0.27094280     +0.23614000
P   3.84           H    6.55          G   0.15
From 2613 observations at 61 oppositions, 1850-1993, mean residual 0".57.
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 01 01    11 23.20   +06 26.6    2.179    2.694   111.1    19.9    11.4
2003 01 06    11 24.68   +06 28.2    2.115    2.693   115.8    19.2    11.3
2003 01 11    11 25.56   +06 34.0    2.053    2.692   120.8    18.3    11.2
2003 01 16    11 25.83   +06 44.0    1.994    2.691   125.8    17.2    11.1
2003 01 21    11 25.46   +06 58.4    1.939    2.690   131.1    16.0    11.0
2003 01 26    11 24.44   +07 17.1    1.888    2.689   136.5    14.6    10.9
2003 01 31    11 22.78   +07 40.0    1.841    2.687   142.1    13.0    10.8
2003 02 05    11 20.48   +08 06.7    1.800    2.686   147.8    11.3    10.7
2003 02 10    11 17.60   +08 36.7    1.764    2.684   153.7     9.4    10.5
2003 02 15    11 14.19   +09 09.5    1.735    2.683   159.6     7.4    10.4
2003 02 20    11 10.34   +09 44.2    1.712    2.681   165.5     5.3    10.3
2003 02 25    11 06.14   +10 19.9    1.697    2.679   171.2     3.2    10.2
2003 03 02    11 01.71   +10 55.7    1.688    2.677   175.4     1.7    10.0
2003 03 07    10 57.18   +11 30.7    1.687    2.675   173.4     2.4    10.1
2003 03 12    10 52.70   +12 03.7    1.693    2.673   168.0     4.4    10.2
2003 03 17    10 48.40   +12 34.0    1.706    2.671   162.2     6.5    10.3
2003 03 22    10 44.41   +13 00.9    1.726    2.669   156.3     8.6    10.5
2003 03 27    10 40.82   +13 23.9    1.752    2.666   150.5    10.6    10.6
2003 04 01    10 37.73   +13 42.6    1.784    2.664   144.8    12.5    10.7
2003 04 06    10 35.22   +13 56.9    1.822    2.661   139.2    14.2    10.8
2003 04 11    10 33.32   +14 06.5    1.864    2.659   133.9    15.8    10.9
2003 04 16    10 32.07   +14 11.7    1.910    2.656   128.7    17.1    11.0
2003 04 21    10 31.47   +14 12.5    1.960    2.653   123.7    18.4    11.1
2003 04 26    10 31.51   +14 09.2    2.013    2.650   118.9    19.4    11.2
2003 05 01    10 32.18   +14 02.0    2.069    2.647   114.2    20.3    11.3
2003 05 06    10 33.45   +13 51.0    2.127    2.644   109.8    21.0    11.3
2003 05 11    10 35.30   +13 36.5    2.186    2.641   105.4    21.6    11.4
2003 05 16    10 37.68   +13 18.8    2.246    2.637   101.3    22.1    11.5
2003 05 21    10 40.55   +12 58.0    2.307    2.634    97.3    22.4    11.5

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