(196) Philomela
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601(196) Philomela Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Williams M 89.96773 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17945700 Peri. 205.24143 +0.13401901 +0.98362378 a 3.1128805 Node 72.64883 -0.88644586 +0.17335611 e 0.0246232 Incl. 7.25338 -0.44300411 -0.04931450 P 5.49 H 6.54 G 0.15 U 0 From 742 observations at 58 oppositions, 1879-2000, mean residual 0".65.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 10 28 05 34.21 +22 54.4 2.448 3.180 130.0 13.8 11.8 2003 11 02 05 32.77 +23 01.6 2.397 3.181 135.4 12.7 11.7 2003 11 07 05 30.72 +23 08.7 2.350 3.181 140.8 11.3 11.6 2003 11 12 05 28.10 +23 15.6 2.309 3.182 146.5 9.9 11.5 2003 11 17 05 24.95 +23 22.2 2.274 3.182 152.2 8.3 11.4 2003 11 22 05 21.32 +23 28.4 2.245 3.183 158.1 6.7 11.3 2003 11 27 05 17.28 +23 34.0 2.223 3.183 164.0 4.9 11.2 2003 12 02 05 12.95 +23 39.0 2.208 3.183 170.1 3.1 11.1 2003 12 07 05 08.42 +23 43.2 2.200 3.184 176.1 1.2 10.9 2003 12 12 05 03.83 +23 46.8 2.200 3.184 177.5 0.8 10.9 2003 12 17 04 59.28 +23 49.7 2.208 3.185 171.5 2.6 11.1 2003 12 22 04 54.89 +23 52.0 2.223 3.185 165.4 4.5 11.2 2003 12 27 04 50.78 +23 53.9 2.246 3.185 159.4 6.2 11.3
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