(29) Amphitrite
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 23111:(29) Amphitrite Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 277.01185 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24132992 Peri. 62.37313 +0.51597732 -0.85657828 a 2.5550257 Node 356.54382 +0.74369318 +0.45166571 e 0.0715293 Incl. 6.10163 +0.42507394 +0.24954307 P 4.08 H 5.85 G 0.20 From 707 observations at 54 oppositions, 1868-1992, mean residual 0".58.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 08 04 24.39 +26 53.8 2.048 2.378 96.2 24.9 10.4 2003 09 13 04 29.17 +27 20.8 1.988 2.377 99.9 24.7 10.3 2003 09 18 04 33.42 +27 46.9 1.928 2.376 103.7 24.3 10.2 2003 09 23 04 37.07 +28 12.2 1.869 2.375 107.7 23.7 10.1 2003 09 28 04 40.06 +28 36.5 1.812 2.374 111.8 23.1 10.0 2003 10 03 04 42.34 +29 00.0 1.756 2.374 116.2 22.2 10.0 2003 10 08 04 43.85 +29 22.6 1.703 2.373 120.6 21.2 9.9 2003 10 13 04 44.56 +29 44.0 1.652 2.373 125.3 20.1 9.8 2003 10 18 04 44.41 +30 04.1 1.605 2.373 130.1 18.7 9.7 2003 10 23 04 43.38 +30 22.6 1.561 2.372 135.2 17.2 9.5 2003 10 28 04 41.46 +30 39.0 1.521 2.372 140.3 15.5 9.4 2003 11 02 04 38.67 +30 52.9 1.486 2.372 145.7 13.6 9.3 2003 11 07 04 35.08 +31 03.8 1.456 2.372 151.1 11.6 9.2 2003 11 12 04 30.77 +31 11.3 1.431 2.372 156.5 9.6 9.1 2003 11 17 04 25.87 +31 14.9 1.413 2.373 161.8 7.5 9.0 2003 11 22 04 20.53 +31 14.3 1.401 2.373 166.6 5.5 8.9 2003 11 27 04 14.94 +31 09.6 1.396 2.373 169.8 4.2 8.8 2003 12 02 04 09.33 +31 00.9 1.397 2.374 169.7 4.3 8.8 2003 12 07 04 03.90 +30 48.7 1.406 2.375 166.4 5.6 8.9 2003 12 12 03 58.84 +30 33.6 1.421 2.375 161.6 7.5 9.0 2003 12 17 03 54.32 +30 16.5 1.442 2.376 156.3 9.6 9.1 2003 12 22 03 50.47 +29 58.1 1.469 2.377 150.8 11.7 9.2 2003 12 27 03 47.41 +29 39.4 1.503 2.378 145.3 13.6 9.4
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