(230) Athamantis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:(230) Athamantis Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Goffin M 215.85084 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26810225 Peri. 139.25131 +0.93648015 -0.32070662 a 2.3819670 Node 239.99208 +0.26387280 +0.91091767 e 0.0619422 Incl. 9.43523 +0.23103261 +0.25956939 P 3.68 H 7.35 G 0.27 U 0 From 797 observations at 64 oppositions, 1882-1996, mean residual 0".53.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 04 21 19 33.74 -16 21.9 2.075 2.426 97.9 24.2 11.8 2003 04 26 19 37.82 -15 48.8 2.010 2.423 101.7 24.0 11.8 2003 05 01 19 41.35 -15 15.3 1.946 2.419 105.6 23.6 11.7 2003 05 06 19 44.30 -14 41.8 1.883 2.416 109.6 23.2 11.6 2003 05 11 19 46.62 -14 08.5 1.823 2.413 113.7 22.5 11.5 2003 05 16 19 48.28 -13 35.7 1.764 2.409 118.0 21.8 11.4 2003 05 21 19 49.27 -13 03.6 1.708 2.406 122.3 20.8 11.3 2003 05 26 19 49.55 -12 32.5 1.654 2.403 126.9 19.7 11.2 2003 05 31 19 49.09 -12 02.7 1.604 2.399 131.5 18.4 11.1 2003 06 05 19 47.89 -11 34.6 1.557 2.396 136.3 17.0 11.0 2003 06 10 19 45.97 -11 08.5 1.515 2.393 141.2 15.4 10.9 2003 06 15 19 43.35 -10 44.6 1.477 2.389 146.2 13.7 10.8 2003 06 20 19 40.08 -10 23.3 1.444 2.386 151.2 11.8 10.6 2003 06 25 19 36.22 -10 04.8 1.417 2.382 156.1 9.9 10.5 2003 06 30 19 31.87 -09 49.4 1.395 2.379 160.7 8.1 10.4 2003 07 05 19 27.15 -09 37.3 1.380 2.375 164.6 6.5 10.3 2003 07 10 19 22.21 -09 28.5 1.370 2.372 167.0 5.5 10.3 2003 07 15 19 17.20 -09 23.1 1.367 2.368 167.0 5.5 10.3 2003 07 20 19 12.27 -09 20.9 1.370 2.365 164.5 6.6 10.3 2003 07 25 19 07.57 -09 21.7 1.379 2.362 160.6 8.2 10.4 2003 07 30 19 03.26 -09 25.4 1.395 2.358 155.9 10.1 10.5 2003 08 04 18 59.45 -09 31.6 1.415 2.355 151.0 12.1 10.6 2003 08 09 18 56.27 -09 40.0 1.442 2.351 145.9 14.0 10.7 2003 08 14 18 53.77 -09 50.1 1.473 2.348 140.9 15.8 10.8 2003 08 19 18 52.01 -10 01.5 1.508 2.344 136.0 17.4 10.9 2003 08 24 18 51.02 -10 13.8 1.548 2.341 131.2 19.0 11.0 2003 08 29 18 50.80 -10 26.6 1.591 2.338 126.5 20.3 11.1 2003 09 03 18 51.36 -10 39.6 1.637 2.334 122.0 21.5 11.2 2003 09 08 18 52.67 -10 52.4 1.686 2.331 117.6 22.5 11.2 2003 09 13 18 54.71 -11 04.6 1.737 2.328 113.4 23.4 11.3 2003 09 18 18 57.43 -11 15.9 1.790 2.325 109.3 24.1 11.4 2003 09 23 19 00.80 -11 26.1 1.844 2.321 105.4 24.6 11.5 2003 09 28 19 04.78 -11 35.0 1.900 2.318 101.5 25.1 11.6 2003 10 03 19 09.33 -11 42.3 1.956 2.315 97.8 25.4 11.6 2003 10 08 19 14.41 -11 47.7 2.013 2.312 94.2 25.5 11.7
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