(37) Fides
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:(37) Fides Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 44.40320 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22944455 Peri. 63.14442 +0.33282796 -0.94296212 a 2.6425156 Node 7.42514 +0.84503913 +0.29498898 e 0.1765718 Incl. 3.07261 +0.41849064 +0.15428525 P 4.30 H 7.29 G 0.24 U 0 From 1399 observations at 97 oppositions, 1855-1996, mean residual 0".55.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 05.20 +08 59.1 1.828 2.427 116.2 21.3 11.5 2003 01 06 11 06.15 +08 54.4 1.780 2.437 121.0 20.2 11.4 2003 01 11 11 06.38 +08 53.9 1.734 2.446 126.0 19.0 11.3 2003 01 16 11 05.88 +08 57.4 1.692 2.455 131.2 17.5 11.2 2003 01 21 11 04.66 +09 05.0 1.654 2.464 136.7 15.9 11.1 2003 01 26 11 02.72 +09 16.4 1.620 2.473 142.2 14.1 11.0 2003 01 31 11 00.09 +09 31.2 1.592 2.483 148.0 12.1 10.9 2003 02 05 10 56.83 +09 49.0 1.569 2.492 153.9 10.0 10.8 2003 02 10 10 53.03 +10 09.2 1.552 2.501 159.9 7.8 10.7 2003 02 15 10 48.80 +10 30.8 1.541 2.511 166.0 5.5 10.6 2003 02 20 10 44.27 +10 53.2 1.538 2.520 172.0 3.1 10.5 2003 02 25 10 39.57 +11 15.5 1.541 2.530 177.1 1.1 10.4 2003 03 02 10 34.86 +11 36.7 1.551 2.539 174.5 2.2 10.5 2003 03 07 10 30.29 +11 56.3 1.569 2.549 168.6 4.4 10.6 2003 03 12 10 26.00 +12 13.4 1.593 2.558 162.7 6.6 10.8 2003 03 17 10 22.12 +12 27.5 1.624 2.568 156.8 8.8 10.9 2003 03 22 10 18.74 +12 38.3 1.660 2.577 151.0 10.8 11.1 2003 03 27 10 15.94 +12 45.7 1.703 2.587 145.4 12.7 11.2 2003 04 01 10 13.76 +12 49.4 1.751 2.596 139.9 14.3 11.3 2003 04 06 10 12.25 +12 49.6 1.804 2.606 134.6 15.9 11.4 2003 04 11 10 11.42 +12 46.2 1.860 2.615 129.6 17.2 11.5 2003 04 16 10 11.24 +12 39.4 1.921 2.625 124.7 18.3 11.6 2003 04 21 10 11.70 +12 29.5 1.984 2.634 119.9 19.3 11.8
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