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(41) Daphne

Orbital Elements

   (41) Daphne
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 Goffin
M  11.92071              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21442646     Peri.   46.09312     -0.71522160     +0.69884415
a   2.7645034      Node   178.17468     -0.69342911     -0.70802463
e   0.2715982      Incl.   15.76715     -0.08725900     -0.10157742
P   4.60           H    7.12          G   0.10           U   0
From 618 observations at 67 oppositions, 1856-1997, mean residual 0".55.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2004 05 15    21 10.06   +00 55.3    2.029    2.330    94.0    25.6    11.7
2004 05 20    21 13.83   +01 30.9    1.985    2.344    97.6    25.3    11.7
2004 05 25    21 17.05   +02 04.0    1.941    2.357   101.2    24.9    11.6
2004 05 30    21 19.68   +02 34.2    1.898    2.371   105.0    24.4    11.6
2004 06 04    21 21.72   +03 01.0    1.855    2.385   108.9    23.7    11.5
2004 06 09    21 23.13   +03 24.1    1.814    2.399   112.9    22.9    11.5
2004 06 14    21 23.90   +03 42.9    1.775    2.414   117.1    22.0    11.4
2004 06 19    21 24.02   +03 57.0    1.738    2.428   121.4    20.9    11.3
2004 06 24    21 23.48   +04 05.8    1.703    2.442   125.9    19.7    11.3
2004 06 29    21 22.30   +04 08.9    1.672    2.456   130.4    18.4    11.2
2004 07 04    21 20.51   +04 06.0    1.644    2.471   135.1    16.9    11.1
2004 07 09    21 18.15   +03 56.8    1.620    2.485   139.9    15.3    11.0
2004 07 14    21 15.26   +03 41.1    1.601    2.500   144.6    13.6    11.0
2004 07 19    21 11.92   +03 18.9    1.587    2.515   149.3    11.9    10.9
2004 07 24    21 08.24   +02 50.4    1.578    2.529   153.7    10.2    10.8
2004 07 29    21 04.32   +02 16.0    1.575    2.544   157.7     8.7    10.8
2004 08 03    21 00.29   +01 36.4    1.578    2.558   160.8     7.5    10.7
2004 08 08    20 56.27   +00 52.3    1.588    2.573   162.5     6.8    10.7
2004 08 13    20 52.37   +00 04.7    1.604    2.587   162.4     6.8    10.8
2004 08 18    20 48.73   -00 45.5    1.626    2.602   160.4     7.5    10.8
2004 08 23    20 45.44   -01 37.1    1.655    2.617   157.1     8.7    10.9
2004 08 28    20 42.60   -02 29.1    1.691    2.631   153.0    10.0    11.1
2004 09 02    20 40.28   -03 20.6    1.732    2.646   148.6    11.5    11.2
2004 09 07    20 38.52   -04 10.6    1.779    2.660   143.9    12.9    11.3
2004 09 12    20 37.36   -04 58.5    1.831    2.675   139.1    14.3    11.4
2004 09 17    20 36.82   -05 43.7    1.889    2.689   134.3    15.5    11.6
2004 09 22    20 36.89   -06 25.8    1.950    2.703   129.6    16.6    11.7
2004 09 27    20 37.58   -07 04.4    2.016    2.718   125.0    17.6    11.8
2004 10 02    20 38.85   -07 39.4    2.085    2.732   120.4    18.4    11.9

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