(26) Proserpina
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 50329(26) Proserpina Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin M 270.87729 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22759129 Peri. 192.96766 -0.51712630 +0.85474556 a 2.6568414 Node 45.91349 -0.77963296 -0.44889112 e 0.0878609 Incl. 3.56101 -0.35320368 -0.26058930 P 4.33 H 7.5 G 0.15 U 0 From 1192 observations at 105 oppositions, 1853-2003, mean residual 0".56.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 01 16 10 50.93 +12 46.4 1.861 2.655 135.7 15.0 11.8 2004 01 21 10 49.55 +13 02.0 1.812 2.651 141.1 13.5 11.7 2004 01 26 10 47.49 +13 20.9 1.767 2.646 146.7 11.8 11.6 2004 01 31 10 44.81 +13 42.6 1.728 2.641 152.4 9.9 11.4 2004 02 05 10 41.56 +14 06.4 1.696 2.637 158.2 8.0 11.3 2004 02 10 10 37.81 +14 31.7 1.669 2.632 164.0 5.9 11.2 2004 02 15 10 33.65 +14 57.6 1.650 2.627 169.6 3.9 11.0 2004 02 20 10 29.20 +15 23.3 1.638 2.623 173.9 2.3 10.9 2004 02 25 10 24.60 +15 47.8 1.632 2.618 173.5 2.4 10.9 2004 03 01 10 20.00 +16 10.3 1.634 2.613 168.9 4.2 11.0 2004 03 06 10 15.55 +16 30.2 1.643 2.609 163.3 6.3 11.1 2004 03 11 10 11.37 +16 46.7 1.658 2.604 157.5 8.4 11.3 2004 03 16 10 07.60 +16 59.5 1.680 2.600 151.8 10.4 11.4 2004 03 21 10 04.33 +17 08.4 1.708 2.595 146.1 12.4 11.5 2004 03 26 10 01.65 +17 13.2 1.741 2.591 140.6 14.1 11.6 2004 03 31 09 59.62 +17 13.9 1.779 2.586 135.2 15.8 11.7 2004 04 05 09 58.26 +17 10.6 1.821 2.581 130.1 17.2 11.8
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