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(88) Thisbe

Orbital Elements

   (88) Thisbe
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 Goffin
M 289.96441              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21409918     Peri.   36.65031     +0.68502799     +0.72289727
a   2.7673200      Node   276.78101     -0.68813767     +0.60136998
e   0.1641105      Incl.    5.21814     -0.23917192     +0.34025533
P   4.60           H    7.04          G   0.14           U   0
From 998 observations at 68 oppositions, 1866-1997, mean residual 0".54.

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 03 26    17 57.14   -26 27.8    2.221    2.532    96.3    23.1    11.9
2004 03 31    18 02.22   -26 26.2    2.150    2.524   100.1    22.9    11.8
2004 04 05    18 06.80   -26 23.9    2.080    2.516   103.9    22.7    11.7
2004 04 10    18 10.85   -26 20.8    2.012    2.509   107.9    22.3    11.6
2004 04 15    18 14.31   -26 17.1    1.945    2.501   112.1    21.8    11.5
2004 04 20    18 17.14   -26 13.0    1.880    2.493   116.3    21.2    11.4
2004 04 25    18 19.30   -26 08.5    1.817    2.486   120.7    20.4    11.3
2004 04 30    18 20.76   -26 03.6    1.757    2.479   125.2    19.4    11.2
2004 05 05    18 21.49   -25 58.4    1.700    2.471   129.9    18.2    11.1
2004 05 10    18 21.47   -25 52.9    1.647    2.464   134.7    16.9    11.0
2004 05 15    18 20.67   -25 46.9    1.597    2.457   139.7    15.4    10.9
2004 05 20    18 19.11   -25 40.3    1.552    2.450   144.9    13.7    10.7
2004 05 25    18 16.82   -25 33.1    1.512    2.443   150.2    11.9    10.6
2004 05 30    18 13.85   -25 25.0    1.477    2.437   155.7     9.9    10.5
2004 06 04    18 10.28   -25 15.9    1.448    2.430   161.2     7.7    10.3
2004 06 09    18 06.20   -25 05.8    1.424    2.424   166.9     5.4    10.2
2004 06 14    18 01.75   -24 54.4    1.407    2.418   172.7     3.1    10.0
2004 06 19    17 57.06   -24 41.9    1.396    2.411   178.2     0.8     9.8
2004 06 24    17 52.31   -24 28.3    1.391    2.405   175.4     2.0     9.9
2004 06 29    17 47.67   -24 13.9    1.393    2.400   169.6     4.4    10.1
2004 07 04    17 43.30   -23 58.9    1.401    2.394   163.9     6.8    10.2
2004 07 09    17 39.33   -23 43.6    1.414    2.388   158.2     9.1    10.3
2004 07 14    17 35.89   -23 28.6    1.434    2.383   152.6    11.3    10.4
2004 07 19    17 33.08   -23 14.0    1.459    2.378   147.2    13.4    10.5
2004 07 24    17 30.99   -23 00.2    1.489    2.373   141.9    15.3    10.6
2004 07 29    17 29.67   -22 47.4    1.523    2.368   136.8    17.1    10.7
2004 08 03    17 29.12   -22 35.8    1.562    2.363   131.9    18.6    10.8
2004 08 08    17 29.36   -22 25.5    1.604    2.359   127.2    20.0    10.9
2004 08 13    17 30.37   -22 16.4    1.649    2.355   122.6    21.2    11.0
2004 08 18    17 32.14   -22 08.4    1.696    2.351   118.2    22.3    11.1
2004 08 23    17 34.63   -22 01.5    1.746    2.347   114.0    23.2    11.2
2004 08 28    17 37.82   -21 55.4    1.798    2.343   109.9    23.9    11.3
2004 09 02    17 41.66   -21 50.0    1.852    2.340   105.9    24.5    11.4
2004 09 07    17 46.10   -21 44.9    1.907    2.336   102.1    24.9    11.5
2004 09 12    17 51.10   -21 40.0    1.963    2.333    98.4    25.3    11.5
2004 09 17    17 56.63   -21 34.9    2.020    2.330    94.8    25.5    11.6
2004 09 22    18 02.66   -21 29.5    2.077    2.328    91.3    25.5    11.6

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