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Minor Planet Center

(89) Julia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30777:
   (89) Julia
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 Goffin
M 126.12649              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24166515     Peri.   45.05910     +0.97752532     +0.03618606
a   2.5526623      Node   311.67370     -0.14760555     +0.82087118
e   0.1820774      Incl.   16.14399     +0.15052192     +0.56996585
P   4.08           H    6.60          G   0.15           U   0
From 722 observations at 59 oppositions, 1866-1995, mean residual 0".54.
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    10 45.43   +02 55.6    2.322    2.920   118.3    17.2    11.7
2003 01 06    10 44.42   +02 33.2    2.265    2.925   123.5    16.3    11.6
2003 01 11    10 42.78   +02 13.8    2.212    2.930   128.8    15.2    11.5
2003 01 16    10 40.53   +01 57.6    2.164    2.935   134.2    13.9    11.4
2003 01 21    10 37.68   +01 44.6    2.119    2.940   139.7    12.5    11.3
2003 01 26    10 34.25   +01 35.0    2.081    2.944   145.4    11.0    11.2
2003 01 31    10 30.31   +01 28.7    2.048    2.949   151.1     9.3    11.1
2003 02 05    10 25.93   +01 25.7    2.022    2.953   156.7     7.6    11.0
2003 02 10    10 21.19   +01 25.8    2.003    2.958   162.2     5.8    10.9
2003 02 15    10 16.21   +01 28.8    1.991    2.962   167.1     4.3    10.8
2003 02 20    10 11.11   +01 34.2    1.986    2.966   170.4     3.2    10.8
2003 02 25    10 06.00   +01 41.6    1.989    2.969   170.2     3.3    10.8
2003 03 02    10 01.01   +01 50.7    2.000    2.973   166.6     4.4    10.9
2003 03 07    09 56.27   +02 00.8    2.018    2.977   161.7     6.0    11.0
2003 03 12    09 51.87   +02 11.4    2.044    2.980   156.3     7.7    11.1
2003 03 17    09 47.92   +02 22.0    2.076    2.983   150.7     9.4    11.2
2003 03 22    09 44.49   +02 32.1    2.114    2.986   145.2    11.0    11.3
2003 03 27    09 41.61   +02 41.3    2.158    2.989   139.7    12.5    11.4
2003 04 01    09 39.33   +02 49.3    2.207    2.992   134.4    13.8    11.5
2003 04 06    09 37.66   +02 55.7    2.261    2.995   129.2    15.0    11.6
2003 04 11    09 36.62   +03 00.3    2.318    2.997   124.1    16.1    11.7
2003 04 16    09 36.18   +03 02.9    2.379    3.000   119.2    17.0    11.8
2003 04 21    09 36.33   +03 03.4    2.443    3.002   114.5    17.7    11.9

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