(194) Prokne
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 26546:(194) Prokne Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 318.36206 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23285071 Peri. 163.07307 +0.79988590 +0.58982474 a 2.6166823 Node 159.54729 -0.58080989 +0.80730281 e 0.2369166 Incl. 18.49656 -0.15113713 +0.01920801 P 4.23 H 7.68 G 0.15 U 0 From 425 observations at 60 oppositions, 1879-1994, mean residual 0".99.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 07 10 00 46.96 +03 51.9 1.658 2.020 95.0 30.1 11.6 2003 07 15 00 53.74 +03 43.3 1.610 2.024 98.3 29.8 11.5 2003 07 20 01 00.11 +03 28.9 1.563 2.029 101.7 29.4 11.5 2003 07 25 01 06.00 +03 08.2 1.517 2.035 105.2 28.8 11.4 2003 07 30 01 11.37 +02 40.8 1.472 2.040 108.9 28.1 11.3 2003 08 04 01 16.17 +02 06.6 1.428 2.046 112.7 27.2 11.2 2003 08 09 01 20.36 +01 25.3 1.387 2.053 116.7 26.2 11.1 2003 08 14 01 23.89 +00 36.9 1.348 2.060 120.9 25.0 11.0 2003 08 19 01 26.71 -00 18.5 1.311 2.067 125.2 23.6 11.0 2003 08 24 01 28.80 -01 20.8 1.278 2.075 129.7 22.0 10.9 2003 08 29 01 30.10 -02 29.5 1.248 2.082 134.3 20.3 10.8 2003 09 03 01 30.62 -03 43.7 1.222 2.091 139.0 18.5 10.7 2003 09 08 01 30.35 -05 02.5 1.201 2.099 143.7 16.5 10.6 2003 09 13 01 29.34 -06 24.3 1.184 2.108 148.3 14.5 10.5 2003 09 18 01 27.62 -07 47.6 1.173 2.117 152.7 12.6 10.4 2003 09 23 01 25.28 -09 10.5 1.168 2.126 156.5 10.8 10.3 2003 09 28 01 22.42 -10 30.9 1.168 2.136 159.5 9.5 10.3 2003 10 03 01 19.18 -11 46.6 1.175 2.146 160.9 8.8 10.3 2003 10 08 01 15.72 -12 55.9 1.188 2.156 160.6 8.9 10.3 2003 10 13 01 12.19 -13 57.2 1.207 2.166 158.5 9.7 10.4 2003 10 18 01 08.74 -14 49.3 1.231 2.177 155.3 11.0 10.5 2003 10 23 01 05.53 -15 31.5 1.262 2.188 151.3 12.6 10.6 2003 10 28 01 02.69 -16 03.4 1.298 2.199 146.9 14.3 10.8 2003 11 02 01 00.34 -16 25.1 1.339 2.210 142.4 15.9 10.9 2003 11 07 00 58.55 -16 36.9 1.384 2.221 137.8 17.4 11.0 2003 11 12 00 57.38 -16 39.5 1.434 2.233 133.3 18.8 11.2 2003 11 17 00 56.85 -16 33.8 1.488 2.244 128.8 20.1 11.3 2003 11 22 00 56.97 -16 20.4 1.545 2.256 124.5 21.2 11.4 2003 11 27 00 57.74 -16 00.1 1.605 2.268 120.2 22.1 11.6 2003 12 02 00 59.15 -15 33.9 1.667 2.280 116.1 22.9 11.7 2003 12 07 01 01.15 -15 02.5 1.732 2.292 112.1 23.5 11.8
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