(20) Massalia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662(20) Massalia Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 Goffin M 188.01698 (2000.0) P Q n 0.26366110 Peri. 255.57969 -0.20961183 -0.97776917 a 2.4086406 Node 206.52184 +0.90178452 -0.19113904 e 0.1431563 Incl. 0.70670 +0.37795179 -0.08621671 P 3.74 H 6.50 G 0.25 U 0 From 1670 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-2001, 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 05 31 22 25.74 -09 01.3 2.410 2.690 94.7 22.1 11.5 2005 06 05 22 29.17 -08 40.1 2.340 2.686 98.6 21.9 11.4 2005 06 10 22 32.17 -08 21.4 2.271 2.682 102.6 21.7 11.3 2005 06 15 22 34.70 -08 05.3 2.203 2.678 106.7 21.3 11.3 2005 06 20 22 36.74 -07 52.0 2.137 2.673 110.9 20.8 11.2 2005 06 25 22 38.25 -07 41.8 2.072 2.668 115.2 20.2 11.1 2005 06 30 22 39.21 -07 34.9 2.009 2.664 119.7 19.4 11.0 2005 07 05 22 39.59 -07 31.4 1.949 2.659 124.4 18.4 10.9 2005 07 10 22 39.35 -07 31.7 1.891 2.654 129.2 17.3 10.8 2005 07 15 22 38.50 -07 35.8 1.838 2.649 134.2 16.0 10.7 2005 07 20 22 37.02 -07 43.7 1.788 2.643 139.4 14.5 10.6 2005 07 25 22 34.92 -07 55.3 1.743 2.638 144.7 12.9 10.5 2005 07 30 22 32.23 -08 10.5 1.703 2.633 150.2 11.1 10.4 2005 08 04 22 28.98 -08 29.2 1.668 2.627 155.8 9.1 10.2 2005 08 09 22 25.24 -08 50.7 1.640 2.621 161.6 7.0 10.1 2005 08 14 22 21.09 -09 14.7 1.617 2.616 167.5 4.8 10.0 2005 08 19 22 16.65 -09 40.3 1.602 2.610 173.4 2.5 9.8 2005 08 24 22 12.03 -10 07.0 1.593 2.604 178.9 0.4 9.7 2005 08 29 22 07.35 -10 33.8 1.591 2.598 174.3 2.2 9.8 2005 09 03 22 02.77 -11 00.2 1.595 2.591 168.3 4.5 9.9 2005 09 08 21 58.41 -11 25.2 1.607 2.585 162.3 6.8 10.0 2005 09 13 21 54.41 -11 48.2 1.625 2.579 156.4 9.0 10.1 2005 09 18 21 50.88 -12 08.6 1.649 2.572 150.6 11.0 10.2 2005 09 23 21 47.90 -12 26.1 1.678 2.566 145.0 13.0 10.3 2005 09 28 21 45.53 -12 40.4 1.713 2.559 139.4 14.7 10.4 2005 10 03 21 43.84 -12 51.2 1.753 2.552 134.1 16.4 10.5 2005 10 08 21 42.84 -12 58.5 1.796 2.545 128.9 17.8 10.6 2005 10 13 21 42.55 -13 02.2 1.844 2.538 123.9 19.1 10.7 2005 10 18 21 42.95 -13 02.2 1.894 2.531 119.0 20.1 10.8 2005 10 23 21 44.03 -12 58.8 1.946 2.524 114.3 21.1 10.9 2005 10 28 21 45.76 -12 52.1 2.001 2.517 109.7 21.8 10.9 2005 11 02 21 48.11 -12 41.9 2.058 2.510 105.3 22.4 11.0 2005 11 07 21 51.04 -12 28.6 2.115 2.503 101.1 22.9 11.1 2005 11 12 21 54.51 -12 12.1 2.174 2.495 96.9 23.2 11.1 2005 11 17 21 58.49 -11 52.7 2.233 2.488 92.9 23.4 11.2
