(56) Melete
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:(56) Melete Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 274.10285 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23571764 Peri. 103.73150 +0.45520326 +0.88978491 a 2.5954221 Node 193.49105 -0.86152486 +0.43085912 e 0.2374934 Incl. 8.07080 -0.22486643 +0.15047666 P 4.18 H 8.31 G 0.15 From 164 observations at 31 oppositions, 1870-1994, mean residual 0".87.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 04 11 15 21.19 -12 35.0 1.421 2.337 149.0 12.8 11.7 2003 04 16 15 18.99 -11 58.9 1.379 2.325 154.3 10.8 11.5 2003 04 21 15 16.18 -11 20.4 1.343 2.312 159.7 8.7 11.4 2003 04 26 15 12.81 -10 40.1 1.313 2.299 164.9 6.5 11.2 2003 05 01 15 09.01 -09 58.8 1.289 2.287 169.5 4.6 11.1 2003 05 06 15 04.90 -09 17.6 1.271 2.274 172.1 3.5 11.0 2003 05 11 15 00.65 -08 37.5 1.260 2.262 170.7 4.2 11.0 2003 05 16 14 56.40 -07 59.6 1.255 2.250 166.4 6.0 11.0 2003 05 21 14 52.32 -07 24.8 1.256 2.238 161.3 8.3 11.1 2003 05 26 14 48.54 -06 54.0 1.263 2.226 155.9 10.7 11.2 2003 05 31 14 45.20 -06 28.1 1.275 2.214 150.5 13.0 11.3 2003 06 05 14 42.43 -06 07.4 1.292 2.203 145.1 15.3 11.4 2003 06 10 14 40.30 -05 52.4 1.315 2.191 139.9 17.4 11.5 2003 06 15 14 38.87 -05 43.1 1.341 2.180 134.9 19.3 11.6 2003 06 20 14 38.18 -05 39.4 1.371 2.169 130.1 21.0 11.7 2003 06 25 14 38.24 -05 41.1 1.403 2.158 125.4 22.6 11.8 2003 06 30 14 39.06 -05 48.0 1.439 2.147 121.0 23.9 11.9
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