(82) Alkmene
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24548:(82) Alkmene Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Bowell M 328.75880 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21505129 Peri. 110.53889 -0.72117193 -0.69242553 a 2.7591460 Node 25.65344 +0.61575889 -0.65486406 e 0.2252849 Incl. 2.83325 +0.31741460 -0.30282000 P 4.58 H 8.40 G 0.28 From 165 observations at 40 oppositions, 1879-1993, 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 01 01 06 47.19 +27 55.4 1.234 2.215 175.1 2.2 10.8 2003 01 06 06 42.04 +28 02.9 1.230 2.208 172.3 3.4 10.8 2003 01 11 06 37.02 +28 07.9 1.232 2.201 166.9 5.8 11.0 2003 01 16 06 32.34 +28 10.3 1.241 2.195 161.1 8.3 11.1 2003 01 21 06 28.20 +28 10.3 1.256 2.189 155.3 10.8 11.2 2003 01 26 06 24.74 +28 08.0 1.277 2.183 149.6 13.2 11.3 2003 01 31 06 22.09 +28 03.9 1.303 2.178 144.0 15.4 11.4 2003 02 05 06 20.34 +27 58.2 1.333 2.173 138.6 17.5 11.5 2003 02 10 06 19.54 +27 51.3 1.368 2.168 133.4 19.3 11.6 2003 02 15 06 19.70 +27 43.4 1.407 2.164 128.4 21.0 11.7 2003 02 20 06 20.81 +27 34.8 1.449 2.160 123.6 22.4 11.8
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