(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:(52) Europa Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Goffin M 232.69661 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18059594 Peri. 342.82686 -0.37412199 -0.92186449 a 3.0997790 Node 129.02301 +0.86539207 -0.38618338 e 0.1013988 Incl. 7.46900 +0.33336062 -0.03206660 P 5.46 H 6.31 G 0.18 From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.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 08 09 02 36.26 +07 04.8 2.787 3.079 97.0 19.1 11.9 2003 08 14 02 39.24 +07 04.4 2.715 3.074 101.0 18.9 11.8 2003 08 19 02 41.82 +07 01.3 2.644 3.069 105.2 18.6 11.8 2003 08 24 02 43.96 +06 55.7 2.575 3.064 109.4 18.1 11.7 2003 08 29 02 45.63 +06 47.3 2.508 3.059 113.8 17.6 11.6 2003 09 03 02 46.80 +06 36.4 2.443 3.054 118.3 16.9 11.5 2003 09 08 02 47.44 +06 23.0 2.381 3.049 123.0 16.1 11.5 2003 09 13 02 47.55 +06 07.2 2.322 3.044 127.8 15.1 11.4 2003 09 18 02 47.11 +05 49.2 2.266 3.039 132.7 14.1 11.3 2003 09 23 02 46.12 +05 29.0 2.215 3.034 137.7 12.9 11.2 2003 09 28 02 44.57 +05 07.1 2.169 3.029 142.8 11.5 11.1 2003 10 03 02 42.51 +04 43.9 2.128 3.024 148.0 10.1 11.0 2003 10 08 02 39.95 +04 19.7 2.093 3.019 153.2 8.6 10.9 2003 10 13 02 36.97 +03 55.1 2.064 3.014 158.3 7.0 10.8 2003 10 18 02 33.63 +03 30.7 2.042 3.009 163.0 5.5 10.7 2003 10 23 02 29.99 +03 07.0 2.027 3.004 166.9 4.3 10.6 2003 10 28 02 26.18 +02 44.6 2.018 3.000 168.8 3.7 10.6 2003 11 02 02 22.28 +02 24.4 2.017 2.995 167.8 4.0 10.6 2003 11 07 02 18.41 +02 06.7 2.023 2.990 164.4 5.1 10.6 2003 11 12 02 14.68 +01 52.1 2.036 2.985 159.8 6.6 10.7 2003 11 17 02 11.18 +01 41.0 2.056 2.980 154.7 8.2 10.8 2003 11 22 02 08.00 +01 33.7 2.083 2.976 149.4 9.7 10.9 2003 11 27 02 05.22 +01 30.3 2.115 2.971 144.1 11.2 11.0 2003 12 02 02 02.92 +01 31.0 2.153 2.966 138.7 12.7 11.1 2003 12 07 02 01.12 +01 35.7 2.196 2.961 133.5 14.0 11.1 2003 12 12 01 59.87 +01 44.3 2.243 2.957 128.3 15.1 11.2 2003 12 17 01 59.17 +01 56.6 2.295 2.952 123.3 16.2 11.3 2003 12 22 01 59.04 +02 12.3 2.350 2.948 118.4 17.1 11.4 2003 12 27 01 59.48 +02 31.4 2.408 2.943 113.6 17.8 11.5
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