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(23) Thalia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 4876
   (23) Thalia
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 213.01126              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23141260     Peri.   59.30616     -0.58302422     -0.79605577
a   2.6275120      Node    67.23645     +0.67209963     -0.58488330
e   0.2332913      Incl.   10.14454     +0.45646998     -0.15558513
P   4.26           H    6.95          G   0.15           U   0
From 888 observations at 67 oppositions, 1852-2000, 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 08 19    01 27.73   -04 05.6    2.147    2.865   126.3    16.5    11.8
2005 08 24    01 27.35   -04 22.1    2.086    2.855   131.1    15.5    11.7
2005 08 29    01 26.37   -04 41.1    2.030    2.844   136.0    14.3    11.6
2005 09 03    01 24.78   -05 02.6    1.977    2.833   141.0    12.9    11.5
2005 09 08    01 22.58   -05 25.9    1.930    2.822   146.1    11.5    11.3
2005 09 13    01 19.81   -05 50.6    1.888    2.811   151.1    10.0    11.2
2005 09 18    01 16.50   -06 15.9    1.852    2.800   156.1     8.4    11.1
2005 09 23    01 12.71   -06 41.1    1.822    2.789   160.7     6.8    11.0
2005 09 28    01 08.52   -07 05.6    1.799    2.778   164.5     5.5    10.9
2005 10 03    01 04.03   -07 28.3    1.783    2.766   166.7     4.8    10.8
2005 10 08    00 59.35   -07 48.5    1.774    2.755   166.3     4.9    10.8
2005 10 13    00 54.62   -08 05.4    1.772    2.743   163.6     5.9    10.8
2005 10 18    00 49.97   -08 18.4    1.777    2.732   159.4     7.4    10.9
2005 10 23    00 45.52   -08 26.9    1.788    2.720   154.5     9.1    11.0
2005 10 28    00 41.38   -08 30.6    1.806    2.708   149.3    10.8    11.1
2005 11 02    00 37.66   -08 29.3    1.829    2.696   144.0    12.5    11.2
2005 11 07    00 34.45   -08 23.0    1.859    2.684   138.7    14.1    11.2
2005 11 12    00 31.82   -08 11.6    1.893    2.672   133.4    15.6    11.3
2005 11 17    00 29.81   -07 55.5    1.932    2.660   128.3    17.0    11.4
2005 11 22    00 28.44   -07 34.9    1.974    2.648   123.2    18.2    11.5
2005 11 27    00 27.72   -07 10.0    2.020    2.635   118.3    19.2    11.6
2005 12 02    00 27.66   -06 41.2    2.068    2.623   113.6    20.2    11.6
2005 12 07    00 28.25   -06 08.8    2.119    2.611   108.9    20.9    11.7
2005 12 12    00 29.45   -05 33.1    2.171    2.598   104.4    21.5    11.8
2005 12 17    00 31.24   -04 54.5    2.225    2.586   100.1    22.0    11.8
2005 12 22    00 33.60   -04 13.2    2.279    2.573    95.8    22.4    11.9
2005 12 27    00 36.48   -03 29.5    2.334    2.560    91.7    22.6    11.9

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