(78) Diana
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25033:(78) Diana Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 5.08024 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23237779 Peri. 151.49163 -0.57719656 -0.81383578 a 2.6202314 Node 333.59118 +0.71761044 -0.46623306 e 0.2083558 Incl. 8.68962 +0.38971706 -0.34684009 P 4.24 H 8.09 G 0.08 U 0 From 223 observations at 37 oppositions, 1870-1994, mean residual 0".84.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 06 11 43.69 +02 46.2 1.555 2.106 110.0 26.0 12.0 2003 01 11 11 46.26 +02 07.4 1.506 2.110 114.3 25.1 11.9 2003 01 16 11 48.09 +01 31.8 1.459 2.116 118.7 24.1 11.8 2003 01 21 11 49.15 +00 59.6 1.414 2.121 123.4 22.8 11.7 2003 01 26 11 49.40 +00 31.2 1.372 2.127 128.2 21.3 11.6 2003 01 31 11 48.81 +00 06.6 1.333 2.133 133.2 19.7 11.4 2003 02 05 11 47.38 -00 13.8 1.298 2.139 138.5 17.8 11.3 2003 02 10 11 45.13 -00 30.0 1.268 2.145 144.0 15.7 11.2 2003 02 15 11 42.12 -00 42.2 1.242 2.152 149.6 13.4 11.1 2003 02 20 11 38.41 -00 50.3 1.221 2.159 155.3 11.0 10.9 2003 02 25 11 34.13 -00 54.5 1.206 2.167 161.2 8.5 10.8 2003 03 02 11 29.39 -00 55.4 1.197 2.174 167.0 5.9 10.7 2003 03 07 11 24.39 -00 53.3 1.194 2.182 172.4 3.4 10.5 2003 03 12 11 19.31 -00 49.0 1.198 2.190 175.2 2.2 10.5 2003 03 17 11 14.33 -00 43.3 1.209 2.198 172.0 3.6 10.6 2003 03 22 11 09.64 -00 37.0 1.226 2.207 166.6 6.0 10.8 2003 03 27 11 05.37 -00 30.8 1.249 2.215 160.9 8.5 10.9 2003 04 01 11 01.67 -00 25.3 1.277 2.224 155.2 10.9 11.1 2003 04 06 10 58.64 -00 21.3 1.312 2.233 149.6 13.1 11.3 2003 04 11 10 56.35 -00 19.3 1.352 2.243 144.3 15.1 11.4 2003 04 16 10 54.82 -00 19.7 1.396 2.252 139.1 17.0 11.6 2003 04 21 10 54.05 -00 22.7 1.444 2.262 134.1 18.6 11.7
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