(747) Winchester
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 38158(747) Winchester Epoch 2003 Dec. 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5 Goffin M 265.30668 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19032983 Peri. 275.60541 +0.65901490 -0.71339922 a 2.9931707 Node 130.21197 +0.75202820 +0.63020308 e 0.3445302 Incl. 18.17848 -0.01236706 +0.30644027 P 5.18 H 7.69 G 0.15 U 0 From 570 observations at 51 oppositions, 1913-2002, mean residual 0".57.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 07 14 21 27.80 -14 40.3 1.799 2.740 152.2 10.0 11.8 2004 07 19 21 25.17 -15 25.3 1.753 2.722 157.8 8.1 11.7 2004 07 24 21 22.05 -16 13.9 1.714 2.703 163.5 6.1 11.5 2004 07 29 21 18.50 -17 05.5 1.681 2.685 169.3 4.0 11.3 2004 08 03 21 14.62 -17 59.1 1.655 2.667 175.0 1.9 11.1 2004 08 08 21 10.50 -18 53.8 1.635 2.649 177.2 1.1 11.0 2004 08 13 21 06.25 -19 48.5 1.623 2.630 172.0 3.1 11.2 2004 08 18 21 02.02 -20 42.1 1.618 2.612 166.1 5.3 11.3 2004 08 23 20 57.95 -21 33.7 1.620 2.594 160.2 7.6 11.4 2004 08 28 20 54.17 -22 22.3 1.628 2.576 154.4 9.8 11.4 2004 09 02 20 50.80 -23 07.3 1.642 2.558 148.6 11.9 11.5 2004 09 07 20 47.94 -23 48.1 1.662 2.539 142.9 13.8 11.6 2004 09 12 20 45.70 -24 24.4 1.687 2.521 137.4 15.7 11.7 2004 09 17 20 44.14 -24 56.0 1.716 2.503 132.1 17.3 11.8 2004 09 22 20 43.31 -25 22.8 1.749 2.485 126.9 18.8 11.8
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