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Minor Planet Center

(14) Irene

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 595
   (14) Irene
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 Goffin
M 184.15808              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23711851     Peri.   96.47995     -0.98614663     +0.05058558
a   2.5851897      Node    86.50109     -0.11096901     -0.90905596
e   0.1680196      Incl.    9.10646     +0.12329116     -0.41359203
P   4.16           H    6.30          G   0.15           U   0
From 1765 observations at 84 oppositions, 1851-2000, 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 09 18    05 28.55   +18 57.5    2.533    2.758    92.1    21.4    11.6
2003 09 23    05 32.51   +19 03.3    2.458    2.751    96.0    21.3    11.5
2003 09 28    05 36.00   +19 08.7    2.384    2.743   100.1    21.1    11.4
2003 10 03    05 39.00   +19 13.9    2.311    2.735   104.3    20.8    11.3
2003 10 08    05 41.45   +19 19.2    2.238    2.727   108.6    20.3    11.2
2003 10 13    05 43.33   +19 24.6    2.168    2.719   113.1    19.7    11.1
2003 10 18    05 44.58   +19 30.3    2.099    2.711   117.7    19.0    11.0
2003 10 23    05 45.17   +19 36.4    2.034    2.702   122.5    18.1    10.9
2003 10 28    05 45.05   +19 43.1    1.971    2.694   127.5    17.0    10.8
2003 11 02    05 44.21   +19 50.5    1.911    2.686   132.7    15.8    10.7
2003 11 07    05 42.62   +19 58.6    1.856    2.677   138.1    14.3    10.6
2003 11 12    05 40.31   +20 07.4    1.806    2.669   143.6    12.7    10.5
2003 11 17    05 37.27   +20 16.9    1.761    2.660   149.4    10.9    10.3
2003 11 22    05 33.56   +20 26.9    1.722    2.651   155.3     9.0    10.2
2003 11 27    05 29.24   +20 37.5    1.689    2.643   161.3     6.9    10.1
2003 12 02    05 24.41   +20 48.3    1.663    2.634   167.4     4.7     9.9
2003 12 07    05 19.22   +20 59.3    1.644    2.625   173.6     2.4     9.7
2003 12 12    05 13.80   +21 10.3    1.632    2.616   178.1     0.7     9.6
2003 12 17    05 08.31   +21 21.2    1.628    2.607   173.2     2.5     9.7
2003 12 22    05 02.92   +21 32.1    1.630    2.598   167.0     4.9     9.8
2003 12 27    04 57.79   +21 42.9    1.640    2.589   160.8     7.2    10.0

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