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(43) Ariadne

Orbital Elements

   (43) Ariadne
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5  (M-c)          Goffin
M 250.81672              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30123136     Peri.   15.75177     +0.18581299     +0.98073646
a   2.2039543      Node   264.98563     -0.90790897     +0.14792253
e   0.1678739      Incl.    3.46719     -0.37573240     +0.12757320
P   3.27           H    7.93          G   0.11           U   0
From 882 observations at 78 oppositions, 1857-1994, mean residual 1".01.

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 01 26    12 06.35   -05 52.6    1.656    2.326   121.4    21.2    11.9
2004 01 31    12 06.76   -06 07.7    1.594    2.317   126.2    20.1    11.8
2004 02 05    12 06.46   -06 18.2    1.536    2.308   131.3    18.7    11.7
2004 02 10    12 05.41   -06 23.8    1.481    2.299   136.5    17.2    11.5
2004 02 15    12 03.61   -06 24.2    1.431    2.290   141.9    15.4    11.4
2004 02 20    12 01.06   -06 19.1    1.385    2.281   147.4    13.5    11.2
2004 02 25    11 57.81   -06 08.4    1.345    2.272   153.1    11.4    11.1
2004 03 01    11 53.92   -05 52.2    1.310    2.263   158.9     9.1    10.9
2004 03 06    11 49.50   -05 31.0    1.281    2.253   164.7     6.7    10.8
2004 03 11    11 44.69   -05 05.2    1.259    2.244   170.0     4.4    10.6
2004 03 16    11 39.62   -04 35.6    1.243    2.234   173.6     2.8    10.5
2004 03 21    11 34.48   -04 03.0    1.234    2.225   172.1     3.5    10.5
2004 03 26    11 29.45   -03 28.9    1.231    2.215   167.2     5.7    10.6
2004 03 31    11 24.72   -02 54.3    1.235    2.205   161.5     8.3    10.7
2004 04 05    11 20.44   -02 20.5    1.245    2.196   155.6    10.8    10.8
2004 04 10    11 16.75   -01 48.6    1.261    2.186   149.8    13.3    10.9
2004 04 15    11 13.73   -01 19.6    1.282    2.176   144.2    15.7    11.1
2004 04 20    11 11.49   -00 54.2    1.307    2.166   138.7    17.8    11.2
2004 04 25    11 10.05   -00 33.0    1.337    2.156   133.4    19.8    11.3
2004 04 30    11 09.45   -00 16.5    1.371    2.146   128.4    21.6    11.4
2004 05 05    11 09.66   -00 04.9    1.407    2.137   123.5    23.2    11.5
2004 05 10    11 10.67   +00 01.8    1.446    2.127   118.9    24.6    11.6
2004 05 15    11 12.44   +00 03.7    1.487    2.117   114.5    25.8    11.7
2004 05 20    11 14.93   +00 00.7    1.530    2.107   110.3    26.8    11.7
2004 05 25    11 18.11   -00 06.9    1.574    2.097   106.3    27.6    11.8

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