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Minor Planet Center

(192) Nausikaa

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
  (192) Nausikaa
Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                 Goffin
M 317.28452              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26468532     Peri.   29.76163     +0.97247725     -0.23052921
a   2.4024230      Node   343.46350     +0.18333840     +0.84669841
e   0.2474599      Incl.    6.82561     +0.14378813     +0.47953945
P   3.72           H    7.13          G   0.03           U   0
From 864 observations at 67 oppositions, 1847-1996, mean residual 0".53.
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 10 02    06 23.84   +31 30.9    1.608    1.951    93.9    30.8    11.2
2004 10 07    06 30.89   +31 45.1    1.567    1.962    97.3    30.3    11.1
2004 10 12    06 37.23   +31 59.2    1.526    1.974   100.8    29.8    11.0
2004 10 17    06 42.79   +32 13.5    1.485    1.986   104.6    29.1    11.0
2004 10 22    06 47.50   +32 28.4    1.445    1.998   108.5    28.2    10.9
2004 10 27    06 51.31   +32 43.9    1.407    2.010   112.6    27.2    10.8
2004 11 01    06 54.15   +33 00.1    1.369    2.022   116.9    26.0    10.7
2004 11 06    06 55.94   +33 17.2    1.334    2.035   121.4    24.6    10.6
2004 11 11    06 56.65   +33 34.9    1.301    2.048   126.2    23.0    10.5
2004 11 16    06 56.21   +33 52.9    1.271    2.061   131.1    21.2    10.4
2004 11 21    06 54.62   +34 10.6    1.244    2.074   136.3    19.2    10.3
2004 11 26    06 51.91   +34 27.4    1.222    2.087   141.6    17.1    10.2
2004 12 01    06 48.13   +34 42.4    1.204    2.101   147.1    14.8    10.1
2004 12 06    06 43.38   +34 54.7    1.190    2.114   152.6    12.4    10.0
2004 12 11    06 37.82   +35 03.4    1.183    2.128   158.0    10.0     9.9
2004 12 16    06 31.66   +35 07.5    1.181    2.142   163.0     7.7     9.8
2004 12 21    06 25.14   +35 06.7    1.186    2.156   166.9     6.0     9.7
2004 12 26    06 18.56   +35 00.6    1.197    2.170   168.3     5.3     9.7
2004 12 31    06 12.16   +34 49.4    1.215    2.184   166.6     6.0     9.8
2005 01 05    06 06.18   +34 33.7    1.239    2.198   162.7     7.7     9.9
2005 01 10    06 00.85   +34 14.0    1.270    2.212   157.7     9.7    10.1
2005 01 15    05 56.34   +33 51.4    1.307    2.226   152.5    11.8    10.3
2005 01 20    05 52.75   +33 26.8    1.349    2.240   147.1    13.8    10.5
2005 01 25    05 50.14   +33 01.1    1.397    2.254   141.8    15.7    10.6
2005 01 30    05 48.53   +32 35.0    1.449    2.268   136.6    17.3    10.8

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