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(28) Bellona

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 50329
   (28) Bellona
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 247.67325              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21275751     Peri.  342.48492     -0.60414484     -0.79121267
a   2.7789418      Node   144.51388     +0.74928033     -0.60453345
e   0.1485714      Incl.    9.40120     +0.27127107     -0.09231365
P   4.63           H    7.09          G   0.15           U   0
From 1939 observations at 113 oppositions, 1854-2003, mean residual 0".57.
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 28    04 41.64   +10 06.0    2.059    2.631   114.0    20.4    11.8
2005 10 03    04 43.34   +09 47.1    1.995    2.624   118.4    19.6    11.7
2005 10 08    04 44.40   +09 26.8    1.935    2.616   122.9    18.7    11.6
2005 10 13    04 44.81   +09 05.4    1.878    2.609   127.6    17.6    11.5
2005 10 18    04 44.53   +08 43.2    1.824    2.601   132.3    16.4    11.4
2005 10 23    04 43.57   +08 20.6    1.774    2.594   137.2    15.1    11.2
2005 10 28    04 41.92   +07 58.0    1.729    2.587   142.2    13.6    11.1
2005 11 02    04 39.60   +07 35.9    1.689    2.579   147.2    12.0    11.0
2005 11 07    04 36.67   +07 14.9    1.654    2.572   152.1    10.4    10.9
2005 11 12    04 33.18   +06 55.5    1.625    2.565   156.8     8.7    10.8
2005 11 17    04 29.25   +06 38.3    1.603    2.558   160.9     7.3    10.7
2005 11 22    04 24.97   +06 23.9    1.587    2.551   163.9     6.2    10.6
2005 11 27    04 20.47   +06 12.9    1.578    2.544   165.0     5.8    10.6
2005 12 02    04 15.90   +06 05.6    1.576    2.537   163.7     6.3    10.6
2005 12 07    04 11.41   +06 02.5    1.580    2.530   160.5     7.5    10.6
2005 12 12    04 07.14   +06 03.7    1.592    2.524   156.2     9.1    10.7
2005 12 17    04 03.24   +06 09.3    1.609    2.517   151.4    10.8    10.8
2005 12 22    03 59.81   +06 19.2    1.632    2.511   146.3    12.6    10.9
2005 12 27    03 56.93   +06 33.4    1.661    2.504   141.1    14.3    11.0

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