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Minor Planet Center

(198) Ampella

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 30889:
  (198) Ampella
Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5                 Sumzina
M 293.02443              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25572202     Peri.   88.20660     +0.98539478     +0.05371057
a   2.4582382      Node   268.69092     -0.11364375     +0.91413382
e   0.2296379      Incl.    9.30182     +0.12681569     +0.40183893
P   3.85           H    8.33          G   0.15           U   1
From 93 observations at 31 oppositions, 1908-1995, mean residual 1".08.
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 30    01 08.39   +20 51.9    1.398    1.895   102.3    31.6    11.8
2003 08 04    01 13.88   +21 54.7    1.353    1.894   105.4    31.1    11.7
2003 08 09    01 18.84   +22 54.3    1.310    1.894   108.5    30.5    11.6
2003 08 14    01 23.19   +23 50.2    1.267    1.894   111.9    29.8    11.5
2003 08 19    01 26.89   +24 42.1    1.226    1.895   115.3    28.9    11.4
2003 08 24    01 29.86   +25 29.3    1.187    1.896   119.0    27.8    11.3
2003 08 29    01 32.04   +26 11.3    1.149    1.897   122.8    26.6    11.2
2003 09 03    01 33.37   +26 47.2    1.115    1.899   126.8    25.2    11.1
2003 09 08    01 33.83   +27 16.4    1.082    1.901   130.9    23.6    11.0
2003 09 13    01 33.42   +27 38.2    1.053    1.904   135.3    21.8    10.9
2003 09 18    01 32.13   +27 51.8    1.027    1.908   139.7    19.9    10.8
2003 09 23    01 30.01   +27 56.4    1.004    1.911   144.3    17.8    10.7
2003 09 28    01 27.16   +27 51.5    0.986    1.916   148.9    15.7    10.6
2003 10 03    01 23.71   +27 36.8    0.973    1.920   153.3    13.5    10.5
2003 10 08    01 19.85   +27 12.4    0.964    1.925   157.5    11.5    10.4
2003 10 13    01 15.78   +26 39.1    0.960    1.931   160.8     9.8    10.3
2003 10 18    01 11.70   +25 57.9    0.962    1.937   162.9     8.7    10.3
2003 10 23    01 07.83   +25 10.0    0.969    1.943   163.0     8.6    10.3
2003 10 28    01 04.38   +24 17.5    0.982    1.950   161.2     9.4    10.4
2003 11 02    01 01.51   +23 22.3    1.001    1.957   158.0    10.9    10.5
2003 11 07    00 59.37   +22 26.5    1.025    1.964   153.9    12.8    10.6
2003 11 12    00 58.03   +21 31.9    1.054    1.972   149.5    14.8    10.7
2003 11 17    00 57.52   +20 40.2    1.088    1.980   144.8    16.7    10.9
2003 11 22    00 57.87   +19 52.4    1.127    1.989   140.1    18.6    11.0
2003 11 27    00 59.08   +19 09.7    1.170    1.997   135.5    20.3    11.2
2003 12 02    01 01.10   +18 32.5    1.217    2.006   131.0    21.8    11.3
2003 12 07    01 03.90   +18 01.3    1.267    2.016   126.6    23.1    11.5
2003 12 12    01 07.40   +17 36.0    1.321    2.026   122.3    24.3    11.6
2003 12 17    01 11.57   +17 16.5    1.377    2.036   118.1    25.2    11.7

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