(41) Daphne
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31778:(41) Daphne Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 286.26271 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21422570 Peri. 46.02754 -0.71576222 +0.69829179 a 2.7662303 Node 178.19689 -0.69285881 -0.70855625 e 0.2721747 Incl. 15.75886 -0.08735625 -0.10166919 P 4.60 H 7.12 G 0.10 U 0 From 618 observations at 67 oppositions, 1856-1997, 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 09 23.28 -02 49.3 1.869 2.643 133.4 15.7 11.5 2003 01 06 09 21.55 -02 50.8 1.811 2.628 138.3 14.4 11.4 2003 01 11 09 19.22 -02 46.4 1.758 2.614 143.3 13.0 11.2 2003 01 16 09 16.34 -02 35.8 1.711 2.599 148.2 11.5 11.1 2003 01 21 09 12.96 -02 18.6 1.669 2.584 152.9 10.0 11.0 2003 01 26 09 09.17 -01 54.9 1.633 2.570 157.3 8.5 10.9 2003 01 31 09 05.07 -01 24.7 1.604 2.555 160.8 7.3 10.7 2003 02 05 09 00.77 -00 48.4 1.582 2.541 162.8 6.6 10.7 2003 02 10 08 56.44 -00 06.6 1.566 2.526 162.8 6.6 10.6 2003 02 15 08 52.19 +00 39.8 1.558 2.511 160.7 7.5 10.7 2003 02 20 08 48.19 +01 29.9 1.556 2.497 157.1 8.9 10.7 2003 02 25 08 44.55 +02 22.4 1.561 2.482 152.7 10.5 10.8 2003 03 02 08 41.39 +03 16.4 1.572 2.468 147.8 12.4 10.9 2003 03 07 08 38.82 +04 10.7 1.589 2.453 142.7 14.2 10.9 2003 03 12 08 36.92 +05 04.1 1.611 2.439 137.6 15.9 11.0 2003 03 17 08 35.73 +05 55.9 1.638 2.425 132.6 17.6 11.1 2003 03 22 08 35.29 +06 45.3 1.669 2.410 127.6 19.1 11.2 2003 03 27 08 35.59 +07 31.7 1.704 2.396 122.8 20.5 11.3 2003 04 01 08 36.65 +08 14.6 1.742 2.382 118.1 21.7 11.3 2003 04 06 08 38.45 +08 53.7 1.783 2.368 113.6 22.8 11.4 2003 04 11 08 40.95 +09 28.7 1.826 2.354 109.2 23.7 11.5 2003 04 16 08 44.12 +09 59.5 1.870 2.340 105.0 24.5 11.5 2003 04 21 08 47.93 +10 26.1 1.916 2.327 101.0 25.1 11.6 2003 04 26 08 52.33 +10 48.5 1.962 2.313 97.1 25.6 11.7 2003 05 01 08 57.27 +11 06.6 2.009 2.300 93.4 25.9 11.7
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