(33) Polyhymnia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 9657(33) Polyhymnia Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin M 285.35722 (2000.0) P Q n 0.20321447 Peri. 338.32524 +0.97408881 +0.22611303 a 2.8652749 Node 8.61079 -0.20241286 +0.88122148 e 0.3373364 Incl. 1.87046 -0.10089607 +0.41511638 P 4.85 H 8.55 G 0.33 U 0 From 635 observations at 73 oppositions, 1854-2001, mean residual 0".55.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 04 18 50.08 -26 02.1 1.417 2.362 152.3 11.5 11.7 2004 06 09 18 47.18 -26 10.5 1.374 2.344 157.6 9.5 11.6 2004 06 14 18 43.62 -26 18.7 1.336 2.327 163.1 7.3 11.4 2004 06 19 18 39.48 -26 26.4 1.304 2.309 168.7 5.0 11.3 2004 06 24 18 34.89 -26 33.2 1.279 2.292 174.0 2.7 11.1 2004 06 29 18 30.02 -26 38.6 1.259 2.275 176.5 1.6 11.0 2004 07 04 18 25.03 -26 42.6 1.246 2.258 172.5 3.4 11.1 2004 07 09 18 20.11 -26 44.7 1.239 2.241 167.0 5.9 11.1 2004 07 14 18 15.43 -26 45.1 1.237 2.224 161.3 8.4 11.2 2004 07 19 18 11.18 -26 43.8 1.242 2.208 155.7 10.9 11.3 2004 07 24 18 07.53 -26 41.1 1.252 2.192 150.1 13.3 11.3 2004 07 29 18 04.60 -26 37.2 1.266 2.176 144.7 15.6 11.4 2004 08 03 18 02.49 -26 32.3 1.286 2.160 139.5 17.8 11.5 2004 08 08 18 01.27 -26 26.7 1.309 2.145 134.5 19.7 11.6 2004 08 13 18 00.96 -26 20.7 1.335 2.130 129.6 21.5 11.6 2004 08 18 18 01.59 -26 14.4 1.365 2.115 125.0 23.1 11.7 2004 08 23 18 03.16 -26 07.9 1.398 2.100 120.5 24.5 11.8 2004 08 28 18 05.65 -26 01.1 1.432 2.086 116.3 25.7 11.9 2004 09 02 18 09.00 -25 54.0 1.469 2.073 112.2 26.8 11.9
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