(1) Ceres
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(1) Ceres
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 Bowell
M 43.77971 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21410131 Peri. 73.72889 -0.88385499 -0.43128240
a 2.7673017 Node 80.42334 +0.32738514 -0.84688896
e 0.0800887 Incl. 10.58276 +0.33409478 -0.31108611
P 4.60 H 3.34 G 0.12
From 4676 observations at 62 oppositions, 1839-1994, mean residual 0".54.
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.Personalized ephemerides for this object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2005 02 10 15 20.90 -08 55.7 2.413 2.624 91.1 22.1 8.5 2005 02 15 15 25.21 -09 05.8 2.350 2.627 95.0 22.0 8.4 2005 02 20 15 29.06 -09 13.7 2.288 2.631 99.0 21.8 8.3 2005 02 25 15 32.41 -09 19.5 2.226 2.634 103.1 21.5 8.3 2005 03 02 15 35.22 -09 23.2 2.166 2.637 107.4 21.0 8.2 2005 03 07 15 37.46 -09 25.1 2.107 2.641 111.8 20.4 8.1 2005 03 12 15 39.08 -09 25.1 2.050 2.645 116.3 19.7 8.0 2005 03 17 15 40.05 -09 23.5 1.995 2.648 121.0 18.8 8.0 2005 03 22 15 40.36 -09 20.4 1.943 2.652 125.7 17.8 7.9 2005 03 27 15 40.00 -09 16.0 1.895 2.656 130.7 16.6 7.8 2005 04 01 15 38.95 -09 10.7 1.851 2.659 135.7 15.2 7.7 2005 04 06 15 37.22 -09 04.5 1.810 2.663 140.9 13.7 7.6 2005 04 11 15 34.84 -08 57.9 1.775 2.667 146.2 12.1 7.5 2005 04 16 15 31.86 -08 51.1 1.745 2.671 151.6 10.3 7.4 2005 04 21 15 28.34 -08 44.6 1.721 2.675 156.9 8.5 7.3 2005 04 26 15 24.38 -08 38.7 1.703 2.679 162.1 6.6 7.2 2005 05 01 15 20.07 -08 33.9 1.692 2.683 166.8 4.9 7.1 2005 05 06 15 15.53 -08 30.3 1.687 2.686 170.2 3.7 7.0 2005 05 11 15 10.89 -08 28.5 1.689 2.690 170.6 3.5 7.0 2005 05 16 15 06.29 -08 28.8 1.698 2.694 167.8 4.5 7.1 2005 05 21 15 01.84 -08 31.5 1.713 2.699 163.3 6.2 7.2 2005 05 26 14 57.68 -08 36.7 1.735 2.703 158.3 8.0 7.3 2005 05 31 14 53.89 -08 44.5 1.763 2.707 153.1 9.8 7.4 2005 06 05 14 50.57 -08 55.1 1.797 2.711 147.8 11.5 7.5 2005 06 10 14 47.78 -09 08.4 1.837 2.715 142.6 13.1 7.6 2005 06 15 14 45.57 -09 24.4 1.881 2.719 137.6 14.6 7.7 2005 06 20 14 43.96 -09 43.0 1.930 2.723 132.6 15.9 7.8 2005 06 25 14 42.98 -10 03.9 1.983 2.727 127.8 17.1 7.9 2005 06 30 14 42.61 -10 27.1 2.040 2.731 123.1 18.2 8.0 2005 07 05 14 42.85 -10 52.3 2.099 2.735 118.6 19.1 8.1 2005 07 10 14 43.68 -11 19.4 2.162 2.740 114.2 19.8 8.2 2005 07 15 14 45.09 -11 48.1 2.226 2.744 109.9 20.4 8.3 2005 07 20 14 47.04 -12 18.3 2.292 2.748 105.7 20.9 8.4 2005 07 25 14 49.50 -12 49.6 2.360 2.752 101.7 21.2 8.5 2005 07 30 14 52.45 -13 22.0 2.429 2.756 97.8 21.4 8.6 2005 08 04 14 55.85 -13 55.2 2.498 2.760 94.0 21.5 8.6 2005 08 09 14 59.69 -14 29.0 2.568 2.764 90.2 21.5 8.7
