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Minor Planet Center

(23) Thalia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 4876
   (23) Thalia
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 Goffin
M  27.85135              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23150212     Peri.   59.24770     -0.58239251     -0.79650788
a   2.6268346      Node    67.24979     +0.67255700     -0.58437617
e   0.2338593      Incl.   10.14668     +0.45660273     -0.15517635
P   4.26           H    6.95          G   0.15           U   0
From 888 observations at 67 oppositions, 1852-2000, 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
 
2003 01 31    14 41.19   -06 04.1    2.036    2.275    90.8    25.7    11.5
2003 02 05    14 46.14   -06 21.5    1.986    2.287    94.6    25.5    11.4
2003 02 10    14 50.56   -06 36.1    1.936    2.299    98.5    25.1    11.3
2003 02 15    14 54.40   -06 47.9    1.886    2.311   102.5    24.7    11.3
2003 02 20    14 57.62   -06 56.9    1.838    2.323   106.6    24.1    11.2
2003 02 25    15 00.18   -07 03.4    1.790    2.335   110.9    23.3    11.2
2003 03 02    15 02.04   -07 07.2    1.745    2.347   115.4    22.4    11.1
2003 03 07    15 03.15   -07 08.6    1.701    2.360   120.1    21.3    11.0
2003 03 12    15 03.50   -07 07.8    1.660    2.372   124.9    20.1    10.9
2003 03 17    15 03.07   -07 05.0    1.621    2.385   129.9    18.7    10.8
2003 03 22    15 01.86   -07 00.4    1.587    2.397   135.0    17.1    10.8
2003 03 27    14 59.87   -06 54.4    1.556    2.410   140.3    15.3    10.7
2003 04 01    14 57.15   -06 47.3    1.531    2.423   145.7    13.4    10.6
2003 04 06    14 53.75   -06 39.5    1.510    2.435   151.3    11.4    10.5
2003 04 11    14 49.76   -06 31.5    1.495    2.448   156.8     9.3    10.4
2003 04 16    14 45.30   -06 23.9    1.486    2.461   162.2     7.2    10.3
2003 04 21    14 40.49   -06 17.1    1.484    2.473   167.2     5.2    10.2
2003 04 26    14 35.47   -06 11.7    1.488    2.486   170.9     3.7    10.1
2003 05 01    14 30.40   -06 08.0    1.499    2.499   171.3     3.5    10.2
2003 05 06    14 25.42   -06 06.5    1.516    2.512   168.1     4.8    10.3
2003 05 11    14 20.69   -06 07.7    1.540    2.524   163.3     6.6    10.4
2003 05 16    14 16.32   -06 11.8    1.571    2.537   158.1     8.5    10.5
2003 05 21    14 12.43   -06 18.8    1.608    2.550   152.8    10.5    10.7
2003 05 26    14 09.08   -06 28.8    1.650    2.563   147.5    12.3    10.8
2003 05 31    14 06.33   -06 41.8    1.698    2.575   142.3    13.9    10.9
2003 06 05    14 04.22   -06 57.8    1.750    2.588   137.2    15.5    11.1
2003 06 10    14 02.77   -07 16.7    1.807    2.600   132.2    16.8    11.2
2003 06 15    14 01.97   -07 38.1    1.868    2.613   127.4    18.0    11.3
2003 06 20    14 01.81   -08 02.0    1.932    2.625   122.8    19.0    11.4
2003 06 25    14 02.26   -08 28.0    1.999    2.638   118.3    19.8    11.6
2003 06 30    14 03.31   -08 56.0    2.069    2.650   114.0    20.5    11.7
2003 07 05    14 04.91   -09 25.8    2.140    2.662   109.8    21.1    11.8
2003 07 10    14 07.03   -09 57.2    2.214    2.674   105.7    21.5    11.9

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