(216) Kleopatra
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:(216) Kleopatra Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 246.32717 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21114024 Peri. 179.13545 +0.82068442 -0.55578876 a 2.7931143 Node 215.68808 +0.52285909 +0.82406581 e 0.2523376 Incl. 13.13552 +0.23042452 +0.10961020 P 4.67 H 7.30 G 0.29 U 0 From 1272 observations at 69 oppositions, 1880-1997, mean residual 0".52.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 10 20 37.02 -00 26.4 2.029 2.742 125.1 17.6 11.8 2003 06 15 20 36.34 +00 04.1 1.969 2.729 129.4 16.7 11.7 2003 06 20 20 35.09 +00 31.7 1.912 2.716 133.8 15.7 11.6 2003 06 25 20 33.26 +00 55.9 1.859 2.703 138.2 14.5 11.5 2003 06 30 20 30.88 +01 16.1 1.811 2.689 142.5 13.3 11.4 2003 07 05 20 27.97 +01 31.9 1.768 2.676 146.7 12.1 11.3 2003 07 10 20 24.60 +01 42.9 1.730 2.663 150.6 10.8 11.2 2003 07 15 20 20.85 +01 48.8 1.698 2.649 154.1 9.7 11.1 2003 07 20 20 16.79 +01 49.3 1.671 2.636 156.8 8.7 11.0 2003 07 25 20 12.54 +01 44.5 1.651 2.622 158.4 8.2 11.0 2003 07 30 20 08.20 +01 34.3 1.637 2.609 158.7 8.1 10.9 2003 08 04 20 03.91 +01 18.9 1.629 2.596 157.5 8.6 10.9 2003 08 09 19 59.81 +00 58.9 1.627 2.582 155.0 9.5 10.9 2003 08 14 19 56.00 +00 34.8 1.632 2.569 151.7 10.8 11.0 2003 08 19 19 52.59 +00 07.2 1.642 2.556 147.8 12.2 11.0 2003 08 24 19 49.69 -00 23.2 1.657 2.542 143.5 13.7 11.1 2003 08 29 19 47.37 -00 55.6 1.678 2.529 139.1 15.2 11.1 2003 09 03 19 45.69 -01 29.3 1.703 2.516 134.6 16.6 11.2 2003 09 08 19 44.71 -02 03.4 1.732 2.502 130.1 17.9 11.3 2003 09 13 19 44.43 -02 37.4 1.765 2.489 125.6 19.2 11.3 2003 09 18 19 44.86 -03 10.7 1.801 2.476 121.2 20.3 11.4 2003 09 23 19 46.00 -03 42.7 1.841 2.463 116.9 21.3 11.5 2003 09 28 19 47.84 -04 13.0 1.882 2.450 112.7 22.2 11.5 2003 10 03 19 50.35 -04 41.2 1.926 2.437 108.6 22.9 11.6 2003 10 08 19 53.52 -05 07.0 1.971 2.424 104.6 23.5 11.6 2003 10 13 19 57.30 -05 30.2 2.018 2.412 100.7 24.0 11.7 2003 10 18 20 01.65 -05 50.4 2.065 2.399 96.9 24.3 11.7
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