(16) Psyche
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:(16) Psyche Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 Goffin M 343.14501 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19745459 Peri. 228.02146 +0.94848478 -0.31569465 a 2.9207287 Node 150.35214 +0.30430430 +0.88429860 e 0.1395292 Incl. 3.09543 +0.08817891 +0.34402452 P 4.99 H 5.90 G 0.20 U 0 From 1831 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-1998, 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.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 09 18 05 13.26 +19 29.2 2.271 2.580 96.1 22.8 10.8 2005 09 23 05 17.28 +19 27.3 2.212 2.584 100.1 22.5 10.7 2005 09 28 05 20.76 +19 24.4 2.155 2.588 104.1 22.0 10.6 2005 10 03 05 23.64 +19 20.5 2.098 2.593 108.4 21.5 10.6 2005 10 08 05 25.89 +19 15.8 2.043 2.598 112.7 20.8 10.5 2005 10 13 05 27.47 +19 10.4 1.989 2.603 117.3 19.9 10.4 2005 10 18 05 28.36 +19 04.5 1.939 2.608 122.0 18.9 10.3 2005 10 23 05 28.54 +18 58.2 1.891 2.613 126.9 17.7 10.2 2005 10 28 05 27.98 +18 51.6 1.847 2.618 132.0 16.4 10.1 2005 11 02 05 26.69 +18 44.8 1.806 2.623 137.3 14.9 10.1 2005 11 07 05 24.69 +18 37.8 1.770 2.629 142.8 13.2 10.0 2005 11 12 05 22.01 +18 30.9 1.740 2.634 148.4 11.4 9.9 2005 11 17 05 18.73 +18 24.1 1.715 2.640 154.1 9.4 9.8 2005 11 22 05 14.93 +18 17.4 1.696 2.645 159.9 7.4 9.7 2005 11 27 05 10.71 +18 11.1 1.684 2.651 165.7 5.3 9.6 2005 12 02 05 06.20 +18 05.2 1.678 2.657 171.2 3.2 9.4 2005 12 07 05 01.54 +17 59.9 1.680 2.663 175.1 1.8 9.4 2005 12 12 04 56.89 +17 55.5 1.689 2.669 173.1 2.5 9.4 2005 12 17 04 52.40 +17 52.0 1.705 2.675 167.9 4.4 9.6 2005 12 22 04 48.19 +17 49.7 1.728 2.681 162.2 6.5 9.7 2005 12 27 04 44.39 +17 48.8 1.758 2.687 156.3 8.4 9.8
