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Minor Planet Center

(11) Parthenope

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:
   (11) Parthenope
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5  (M-c)          Bowell
M 282.18637              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25666704     Peri.  195.47699     +0.77768679     +0.62522762
a   2.4522005      Node   125.63667     -0.56788086     +0.74339213
e   0.0996349      Incl.    4.62449     -0.26965643     +0.23761012
P   3.84           H    6.55          G   0.15
From 2613 observations at 61 oppositions, 1850-1993, mean residual 0".57.
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 04 05    19 03.15   -18 53.8    2.083    2.319    90.5    25.6    11.1
2004 04 10    19 09.26   -18 42.7    2.017    2.314    94.0    25.6    11.1
2004 04 15    19 14.93   -18 31.6    1.953    2.309    97.5    25.5    11.0
2004 04 20    19 20.13   -18 20.8    1.889    2.305   101.2    25.3    10.9
2004 04 25    19 24.81   -18 10.6    1.826    2.300   104.9    25.0    10.8
2004 04 30    19 28.94   -18 01.4    1.764    2.296   108.8    24.6    10.7
2004 05 05    19 32.48   -17 53.4    1.704    2.291   112.7    24.0    10.6
2004 05 10    19 35.40   -17 46.9    1.646    2.287   116.9    23.2    10.5
2004 05 15    19 37.64   -17 42.4    1.589    2.282   121.1    22.3    10.4
2004 05 20    19 39.17   -17 40.0    1.536    2.278   125.6    21.2    10.3
2004 05 25    19 39.95   -17 40.0    1.485    2.274   130.2    19.9    10.2
2004 05 30    19 39.98   -17 42.8    1.437    2.270   135.0    18.4    10.1
2004 06 04    19 39.23   -17 48.4    1.394    2.266   139.9    16.7     9.9
2004 06 09    19 37.71   -17 56.8    1.354    2.262   145.1    14.9     9.8
2004 06 14    19 35.43   -18 08.1    1.319    2.259   150.4    12.8     9.7
2004 06 19    19 32.45   -18 22.1    1.289    2.255   155.9    10.6     9.5
2004 06 24    19 28.84   -18 38.6    1.265    2.252   161.5     8.2     9.4
2004 06 29    19 24.72   -18 57.1    1.246    2.248   167.2     5.8     9.2
2004 07 04    19 20.21   -19 17.2    1.233    2.245   172.8     3.2     9.1
2004 07 09    19 15.48   -19 38.3    1.226    2.242   177.3     1.2     8.9
2004 07 14    19 10.68   -19 59.9    1.225    2.239   174.2     2.6     9.0
2004 07 19    19 05.99   -20 21.6    1.231    2.236   168.6     5.1     9.2
2004 07 24    19 01.60   -20 42.8    1.242    2.233   162.9     7.7     9.3
2004 07 29    18 57.68   -21 03.2    1.260    2.231   157.2    10.1     9.4
2004 08 03    18 54.34   -21 22.5    1.283    2.228   151.7    12.5     9.6
2004 08 08    18 51.70   -21 40.4    1.310    2.226   146.3    14.7     9.7
2004 08 13    18 49.82   -21 56.9    1.343    2.224   141.0    16.7     9.8
2004 08 18    18 48.76   -22 11.9    1.380    2.222   135.9    18.5     9.9
2004 08 23    18 48.56   -22 25.2    1.421    2.220   131.1    20.1    10.0
2004 08 28    18 49.21   -22 36.9    1.465    2.218   126.4    21.5    10.2
2004 09 02    18 50.68   -22 46.9    1.511    2.216   121.9    22.7    10.3
2004 09 07    18 52.94   -22 55.2    1.561    2.215   117.5    23.8    10.4
2004 09 12    18 55.97   -23 01.6    1.613    2.213   113.3    24.7    10.5
2004 09 17    18 59.71   -23 06.2    1.666    2.212   109.3    25.4    10.5
2004 09 22    19 04.13   -23 08.7    1.721    2.211   105.4    25.9    10.6
2004 09 27    19 09.17   -23 09.2    1.777    2.210   101.7    26.4    10.7
2004 10 02    19 14.78   -23 07.5    1.834    2.210    98.1    26.6    10.8
2004 10 07    19 20.90   -23 03.6    1.892    2.209    94.5    26.8    10.9
2004 10 12    19 27.49   -22 57.3    1.951    2.208    91.1    26.9    10.9

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