(172) Baucis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:(172) Baucis Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 (M-c) Goffin M 272.61972 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26855511 Peri. 359.52600 +0.88026488 +0.46743956 a 2.3792885 Node 332.14118 -0.43475371 +0.72582662 e 0.1151280 Incl. 10.03793 -0.19006042 +0.50465432 P 3.67 H 8.79 G 0.15 From 293 observations at 55 oppositions, 1877-1991, mean residual 1".01.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 06 30 21 11.84 -26 52.9 1.238 2.147 144.2 16.1 11.8 2003 07 05 21 09.16 -26 54.2 1.205 2.143 149.3 14.0 11.6 2003 07 10 21 05.64 -26 55.3 1.176 2.139 154.5 11.8 11.5 2003 07 15 21 01.36 -26 55.3 1.153 2.136 159.7 9.5 11.4 2003 07 20 20 56.43 -26 53.6 1.135 2.133 164.8 7.2 11.2 2003 07 25 20 51.01 -26 49.4 1.123 2.130 169.2 5.1 11.1 2003 07 30 20 45.29 -26 42.0 1.117 2.127 171.6 4.0 11.0 2003 08 04 20 39.49 -26 30.9 1.117 2.124 170.3 4.6 11.1 2003 08 09 20 33.85 -26 15.9 1.123 2.122 166.2 6.5 11.2 2003 08 14 20 28.57 -25 57.0 1.135 2.119 161.2 8.9 11.3 2003 08 19 20 23.83 -25 34.6 1.153 2.117 155.9 11.3 11.4 2003 08 24 20 19.77 -25 08.9 1.176 2.115 150.5 13.6 11.6 2003 08 29 20 16.53 -24 40.5 1.204 2.113 145.3 15.8 11.7 2003 09 03 20 14.17 -24 09.8 1.236 2.112 140.1 17.8 11.8 2003 09 08 20 12.75 -23 37.2 1.273 2.110 135.1 19.7 11.9
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