(9) Metis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(9) Metis
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin
M 220.68933 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26734597 Peri. 5.52110 +0.26752935 -0.95927053
a 2.3864570 Node 68.98687 +0.88027913 +0.20504074
e 0.1219472 Incl. 5.57628 +0.39183760 +0.19431504
P 3.69 H 6.28 G 0.17 U 0
From 2131 observations at 96 oppositions, 1822-2001, mean residual 0".54.
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 2004 06 14 23 38.89 -08 54.2 2.191 2.441 91.6 24.6 11.0 2004 06 19 23 43.89 -08 35.4 2.124 2.434 95.1 24.6 11.0 2004 06 24 23 48.53 -08 19.5 2.057 2.428 98.7 24.5 10.9 2004 06 29 23 52.76 -08 06.6 1.990 2.421 102.4 24.2 10.8 2004 07 04 23 56.56 -07 57.0 1.925 2.414 106.1 23.9 10.7 2004 07 09 23 59.88 -07 50.9 1.861 2.408 110.1 23.4 10.6 2004 07 14 00 02.70 -07 48.6 1.799 2.401 114.1 22.7 10.5 2004 07 19 00 04.95 -07 50.3 1.739 2.394 118.3 21.9 10.4 2004 07 24 00 06.61 -07 56.0 1.680 2.387 122.7 21.0 10.3 2004 07 29 00 07.63 -08 05.8 1.625 2.381 127.2 19.9 10.2 2004 08 03 00 07.99 -08 19.7 1.573 2.374 131.9 18.6 10.1 2004 08 08 00 07.66 -08 37.6 1.524 2.367 136.7 17.1 9.9 2004 08 13 00 06.61 -08 59.2 1.480 2.360 141.7 15.4 9.8 2004 08 18 00 04.84 -09 24.2 1.440 2.353 146.9 13.6 9.7 2004 08 23 00 02.38 -09 52.0 1.405 2.346 152.1 11.6 9.6 2004 08 28 23 59.28 -10 21.7 1.375 2.340 157.3 9.6 9.4 2004 09 02 23 55.60 -10 52.5 1.351 2.333 162.4 7.5 9.3 2004 09 07 23 51.44 -11 23.4 1.333 2.326 167.0 5.6 9.2 2004 09 12 23 46.93 -11 53.2 1.321 2.319 170.0 4.3 9.1 2004 09 17 23 42.21 -12 20.8 1.316 2.312 169.9 4.4 9.1 2004 09 22 23 37.44 -12 45.0 1.318 2.306 166.6 5.8 9.1 2004 09 27 23 32.80 -13 05.0 1.325 2.299 161.9 7.8 9.2 2004 10 02 23 28.45 -13 20.0 1.339 2.292 156.6 10.0 9.3 2004 10 07 23 24.52 -13 29.6 1.358 2.286 151.2 12.2 9.5 2004 10 12 23 21.13 -13 33.5 1.383 2.279 145.8 14.2 9.6 2004 10 17 23 18.39 -13 31.7 1.413 2.272 140.5 16.2 9.7 2004 10 22 23 16.37 -13 24.1 1.448 2.266 135.3 18.0 9.8 2004 10 27 23 15.10 -13 11.0 1.487 2.259 130.2 19.6 9.9 2004 11 01 23 14.59 -12 52.8 1.529 2.253 125.3 21.1 10.0 2004 11 06 23 14.85 -12 29.8 1.574 2.247 120.6 22.3 10.1 2004 11 11 23 15.85 -12 02.3 1.621 2.240 116.1 23.4 10.2 2004 11 16 23 17.57 -11 30.8 1.671 2.234 111.7 24.3 10.2 2004 11 21 23 19.96 -10 55.4 1.723 2.228 107.5 25.0 10.3 2004 11 26 23 22.99 -10 16.6 1.776 2.222 103.4 25.6 10.4 2004 12 01 23 26.61 -09 34.8 1.830 2.216 99.4 26.0 10.5 2004 12 06 23 30.77 -08 50.0 1.884 2.210 95.6 26.3 10.5 2004 12 11 23 35.43 -08 02.7 1.939 2.204 91.9 26.5 10.6
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