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Minor Planet Center

(26) Proserpina

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 50329
   (26) Proserpina
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M   1.94182              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22773349     Peri.  192.92066     -0.51825975     +0.85405911
a   2.6557353      Node    45.88452     -0.77902209     -0.44991722
e   0.0870274      Incl.    3.56228     -0.35289009     -0.26106999
P   4.33           H    7.5           G   0.15           U   0
From 1192 observations at 105 oppositions, 1853-2003, mean residual 0".56.
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 01    19 19.97   -25 10.3    1.875    2.446   112.6    22.4    11.9
2005 05 06    19 22.46   -25 16.3    1.821    2.448   116.9    21.6    11.8
2005 05 11    19 24.24   -25 23.9    1.768    2.450   121.3    20.6    11.7
2005 05 16    19 25.28   -25 33.1    1.719    2.453   125.9    19.5    11.6
2005 05 21    19 25.57   -25 44.0    1.672    2.455   130.7    18.2    11.5
2005 05 26    19 25.08   -25 56.3    1.630    2.457   135.6    16.8    11.4
2005 05 31    19 23.81   -26 10.1    1.591    2.460   140.6    15.2    11.3
2005 06 05    19 21.78   -26 25.0    1.556    2.463   145.9    13.4    11.2
2005 06 10    19 19.02   -26 40.6    1.527    2.465   151.2    11.4    11.1
2005 06 15    19 15.60   -26 56.5    1.503    2.468   156.7     9.4    11.0
2005 06 20    19 11.62   -27 12.0    1.484    2.471   162.2     7.2    10.9
2005 06 25    19 07.18   -27 26.8    1.472    2.474   167.6     5.1    10.7
2005 06 30    19 02.42   -27 40.2    1.466    2.477   172.5     3.1    10.6
2005 07 05    18 57.49   -27 51.9    1.466    2.480   174.9     2.1    10.5
2005 07 10    18 52.56   -28 01.5    1.473    2.484   172.0     3.3    10.6
2005 07 15    18 47.80   -28 08.9    1.486    2.487   167.0     5.3    10.8
2005 07 20    18 43.38   -28 13.9    1.506    2.490   161.6     7.4    10.9
2005 07 25    18 39.42   -28 16.7    1.531    2.494   156.1     9.5    11.0
2005 07 30    18 36.02   -28 17.4    1.562    2.497   150.7    11.5    11.2
2005 08 04    18 33.29   -28 16.2    1.599    2.501   145.4    13.3    11.3
2005 08 09    18 31.29   -28 13.5    1.640    2.505   140.2    15.0    11.4
2005 08 14    18 30.05   -28 09.5    1.686    2.508   135.2    16.5    11.5
2005 08 19    18 29.58   -28 04.4    1.736    2.512   130.3    17.9    11.6
2005 08 24    18 29.88   -27 58.4    1.789    2.516   125.6    19.1    11.7
2005 08 29    18 30.93   -27 51.5    1.846    2.520   121.1    20.1    11.8

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