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(29) Amphitrite

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 57621
   (29) Amphitrite
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 109.46314              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24121328     Peri.   63.00725     +0.50645947     -0.86223997
a   2.5558492      Node   356.54425     +0.74865373     +0.44340358
e   0.0714622      Incl.    6.10111     +0.42780416     +0.24481729
P   4.09           H    5.85          G   0.20           U   0
From 2260 observations at 101 oppositions, 1825-2003, 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 01 06    12 49.31   -04 35.1    2.375    2.611    92.6    22.1    10.8
2005 01 11    12 52.75   -05 04.5    2.311    2.615    96.7    21.9    10.8
2005 01 16    12 55.72   -05 31.3    2.247    2.618   100.9    21.6    10.7
2005 01 21    12 58.16   -05 55.2    2.184    2.622   105.3    21.2    10.6
2005 01 26    13 00.06   -06 16.2    2.122    2.625   109.8    20.7    10.5
2005 01 31    13 01.37   -06 34.2    2.063    2.629   114.5    19.9    10.5
2005 02 05    13 02.07   -06 48.8    2.005    2.632   119.3    19.1    10.4
2005 02 10    13 02.11   -07 00.0    1.950    2.635   124.3    18.0    10.3
2005 02 15    13 01.49   -07 07.6    1.899    2.639   129.4    16.8    10.2
2005 02 20    13 00.20   -07 11.6    1.851    2.642   134.7    15.4    10.1
2005 02 25    12 58.24   -07 12.0    1.808    2.645   140.2    13.9    10.0
2005 03 02    12 55.66   -07 08.8    1.769    2.648   145.8    12.1     9.9
2005 03 07    12 52.48   -07 02.1    1.736    2.652   151.6    10.2     9.8
2005 03 12    12 48.77   -06 52.2    1.709    2.655   157.5     8.2     9.7
2005 03 17    12 44.63   -06 39.4    1.689    2.658   163.5     6.1     9.6
2005 03 22    12 40.17   -06 24.2    1.675    2.661   169.5     3.9     9.4
2005 03 27    12 35.52   -06 07.2    1.668    2.664   175.3     1.8     9.3
2005 04 01    12 30.80   -05 49.2    1.668    2.667   177.0     1.1     9.2
2005 04 06    12 26.15   -05 30.6    1.676    2.670   171.6     3.1     9.4
2005 04 11    12 21.69   -05 12.4    1.690    2.673   165.7     5.3     9.5
2005 04 16    12 17.57   -04 55.3    1.711    2.675   159.8     7.5     9.7
2005 04 21    12 13.87   -04 39.9    1.739    2.678   154.0     9.5     9.8
2005 04 26    12 10.67   -04 26.7    1.772    2.681   148.3    11.4     9.9
2005 05 01    12 08.04   -04 16.2    1.811    2.684   142.8    13.1    10.0
2005 05 06    12 06.02   -04 08.7    1.855    2.686   137.4    14.7    10.1
2005 05 11    12 04.62   -04 04.4    1.904    2.689   132.3    16.1    10.2
2005 05 16    12 03.86   -04 03.4    1.956    2.691   127.3    17.4    10.3
2005 05 21    12 03.72   -04 05.9    2.012    2.694   122.4    18.5    10.4
2005 05 26    12 04.18   -04 11.7    2.070    2.696   117.8    19.4    10.5
2005 05 31    12 05.22   -04 20.7    2.132    2.698   113.3    20.2    10.6
2005 06 05    12 06.80   -04 32.9    2.195    2.701   109.0    20.8    10.7
2005 06 10    12 08.91   -04 48.1    2.259    2.703   104.8    21.3    10.8
2005 06 15    12 11.50   -05 06.1    2.325    2.705   100.7    21.7    10.8
2005 06 20    12 14.55   -05 26.8    2.392    2.707    96.8    21.9    10.9

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