(156) Xanthippe
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 22796:(156) Xanthippe Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 (M-c) Goffin M 338.53290 (2000.0) P Q n 0.21819570 Peri. 337.73570 -0.76189655 +0.63014845 a 2.7325739 Node 242.20278 -0.56581724 -0.76006903 e 0.2224227 Incl. 9.74657 -0.31522133 -0.15877024 P 4.52 H 8.64 G 0.15 From 185 observations at 47 oppositions, 1875-1992, mean residual 0".98.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 04 05 15 46.40 -25 56.1 1.296 2.125 135.0 19.4 11.8 2004 04 10 15 46.32 -25 37.9 1.258 2.125 140.0 17.6 11.7 2004 04 15 15 45.41 -25 14.7 1.223 2.126 145.2 15.6 11.6 2004 04 20 15 43.71 -24 46.4 1.194 2.127 150.5 13.4 11.4 2004 04 25 15 41.30 -24 13.1 1.169 2.128 156.0 11.1 11.3 2004 04 30 15 38.29 -23 35.3 1.150 2.130 161.7 8.5 11.2 2004 05 05 15 34.83 -22 53.4 1.136 2.132 167.4 5.9 11.0 2004 05 10 15 31.07 -22 08.4 1.129 2.134 173.1 3.3 10.9 2004 05 15 15 27.18 -21 21.1 1.127 2.137 177.5 1.2 10.7 2004 05 20 15 23.34 -20 32.7 1.131 2.140 174.1 2.8 10.9 2004 05 25 15 19.74 -19 44.4 1.142 2.144 168.5 5.4 11.0 2004 05 30 15 16.52 -18 57.7 1.158 2.148 162.9 8.0 11.2 2004 06 04 15 13.82 -18 13.5 1.180 2.152 157.3 10.5 11.3 2004 06 09 15 11.73 -17 32.8 1.208 2.156 151.8 12.8 11.5 2004 06 14 15 10.31 -16 56.2 1.240 2.161 146.6 15.0 11.6 2004 06 19 15 09.60 -16 24.4 1.277 2.166 141.5 17.0 11.8 2004 06 24 15 09.64 -15 57.6 1.318 2.172 136.6 18.8 11.9
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