(18) Melpomene
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552(18) Melpomene Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 Goffin M 233.56026 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28340615 Peri. 228.00299 +0.94238545 -0.32316272 a 2.2954255 Node 150.54130 +0.33451873 +0.90831038 e 0.2184521 Incl. 10.12562 +0.00262436 +0.26559012 P 3.48 H 6.51 G 0.25 U 0 From 4910 observations at 95 oppositions, 1852-2003, mean residual 0".55.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 03 22 17 56.99 -12 18.9 2.327 2.565 92.1 22.8 11.3 2005 03 27 18 01.56 -12 00.8 2.253 2.556 95.8 22.9 11.3 2005 04 01 18 05.67 -11 41.4 2.180 2.546 99.7 22.8 11.2 2005 04 06 18 09.30 -11 21.0 2.107 2.536 103.6 22.6 11.1 2005 04 11 18 12.41 -10 59.8 2.036 2.526 107.6 22.2 11.0 2005 04 16 18 14.94 -10 38.0 1.966 2.516 111.7 21.8 10.9 2005 04 21 18 16.88 -10 15.9 1.898 2.506 115.9 21.1 10.8 2005 04 26 18 18.19 -09 53.9 1.833 2.496 120.2 20.4 10.7 2005 05 01 18 18.83 -09 32.1 1.770 2.485 124.7 19.5 10.6 2005 05 06 18 18.76 -09 11.1 1.710 2.474 129.2 18.4 10.5 2005 05 11 18 17.97 -08 51.2 1.653 2.464 133.9 17.2 10.4 2005 05 16 18 16.46 -08 32.9 1.601 2.453 138.7 15.8 10.2 2005 05 21 18 14.22 -08 16.6 1.553 2.442 143.5 14.3 10.1 2005 05 26 18 11.30 -08 02.8 1.510 2.430 148.3 12.7 10.0 2005 05 31 18 07.72 -07 51.9 1.472 2.419 153.0 11.0 9.9 2005 06 05 18 03.57 -07 44.3 1.439 2.408 157.3 9.3 9.8 2005 06 10 17 58.93 -07 40.5 1.413 2.396 161.1 7.9 9.6 2005 06 15 17 53.93 -07 40.8 1.392 2.384 163.6 6.9 9.6 2005 06 20 17 48.72 -07 45.3 1.378 2.373 164.3 6.7 9.5 2005 06 25 17 43.46 -07 54.0 1.371 2.361 162.7 7.3 9.5 2005 06 30 17 38.29 -08 07.0 1.369 2.349 159.6 8.7 9.6 2005 07 05 17 33.37 -08 24.1 1.373 2.336 155.4 10.4 9.6 2005 07 10 17 28.86 -08 45.0 1.384 2.324 150.7 12.4 9.7 2005 07 15 17 24.89 -09 09.4 1.399 2.312 145.8 14.3 9.8 2005 07 20 17 21.55 -09 36.8 1.420 2.300 140.9 16.2 9.8 2005 07 25 17 18.94 -10 06.7 1.445 2.287 136.0 18.0 9.9 2005 07 30 17 17.08 -10 38.7 1.475 2.275 131.1 19.6 10.0 2005 08 04 17 16.04 -11 12.4 1.507 2.262 126.4 21.2 10.1 2005 08 09 17 15.81 -11 47.3 1.543 2.250 121.8 22.5 10.2 2005 08 14 17 16.40 -12 22.9 1.582 2.237 117.4 23.7 10.2 2005 08 19 17 17.80 -12 58.9 1.623 2.224 113.1 24.7 10.3 2005 08 24 17 19.98 -13 34.9 1.665 2.212 109.0 25.6 10.4 2005 08 29 17 22.89 -14 10.6 1.709 2.199 105.0 26.3 10.4 2005 09 03 17 26.53 -14 45.6 1.754 2.186 101.2 26.9 10.5 2005 09 08 17 30.85 -15 19.8 1.800 2.174 97.5 27.4 10.6 2005 09 13 17 35.81 -15 52.7 1.846 2.161 93.9 27.7 10.6 2005 09 18 17 41.39 -16 24.1 1.892 2.148 90.4 27.9 10.6
