(59) Elpis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:(59) Elpis Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 276.89087 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22049885 Peri. 210.19116 +0.93566991 -0.35196991 a 2.7135125 Node 170.31566 +0.34630636 +0.90213086 e 0.1186233 Incl. 8.64255 +0.06777697 +0.24955378 P 4.47 H 7.93 G 0.15 From 195 observations at 40 oppositions, 1871-1993, mean residual 0".82.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 00 24.14 +03 10.9 1.661 2.432 129.2 18.9 11.9 2003 08 14 00 24.41 +02 53.5 1.613 2.429 134.0 17.4 11.8 2003 08 19 00 24.05 +02 30.8 1.569 2.426 139.1 15.9 11.7 2003 08 24 00 23.06 +02 03.0 1.529 2.423 144.3 14.1 11.6 2003 08 29 00 21.47 +01 30.2 1.494 2.420 149.7 12.2 11.5 2003 09 03 00 19.31 +00 53.0 1.464 2.417 155.3 10.1 11.3 2003 09 08 00 16.66 +00 12.0 1.440 2.415 160.9 7.8 11.2 2003 09 13 00 13.60 -00 31.9 1.422 2.412 166.7 5.5 11.1 2003 09 18 00 10.22 -01 17.8 1.410 2.410 172.5 3.1 10.9 2003 09 23 00 06.66 -02 04.5 1.405 2.408 177.2 1.2 10.7 2003 09 28 00 03.04 -02 50.7 1.406 2.406 174.3 2.4 10.8 2003 10 03 23 59.50 -03 35.3 1.414 2.404 168.7 4.7 11.0 2003 10 08 23 56.19 -04 17.0 1.429 2.402 162.8 7.1 11.1 2003 10 13 23 53.21 -04 54.8 1.450 2.400 157.0 9.4 11.3 2003 10 18 23 50.68 -05 28.1 1.477 2.399 151.3 11.5 11.4 2003 10 23 23 48.68 -05 56.1 1.509 2.397 145.7 13.5 11.5 2003 10 28 23 47.26 -06 18.5 1.546 2.396 140.2 15.4 11.6 2003 11 02 23 46.49 -06 35.1 1.588 2.395 135.0 17.0 11.7 2003 11 07 23 46.37 -06 45.9 1.634 2.394 129.9 18.5 11.8
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