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Minor Planet Center

(42) Isis

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 9657
   (42) Isis
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 301.08415              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25832512     Peri.  236.60337     +0.76802832     +0.62317402
a   2.4416962      Node    84.40313     -0.52722993     +0.74609999
e   0.2225741      Incl.    8.52900     -0.36353969     +0.23449722
P   3.82           H    7.53          G   0.15           U   0
From 1078 observations at 79 oppositions, 1856-2000, 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 04 11    19 19.71   -21 23.5    1.795    2.095    92.6    28.5    11.7
2005 04 16    19 27.45   -21 25.1    1.729    2.084    95.8    28.6    11.6
2005 04 21    19 34.85   -21 27.4    1.664    2.074    98.9    28.6    11.5
2005 04 26    19 41.88   -21 31.0    1.601    2.063   102.2    28.5    11.4
2005 05 01    19 48.51   -21 36.1    1.538    2.053   105.6    28.2    11.3
2005 05 06    19 54.68   -21 43.3    1.478    2.043   109.0    27.8    11.2
2005 05 11    20 00.34   -21 53.0    1.418    2.033   112.6    27.3    11.1
2005 05 16    20 05.46   -22 05.6    1.361    2.023   116.3    26.6    10.9
2005 05 21    20 09.98   -22 21.7    1.306    2.014   120.1    25.8    10.8
2005 05 26    20 13.85   -22 41.6    1.253    2.005   124.1    24.7    10.7
2005 05 31    20 17.03   -23 05.6    1.203    1.996   128.3    23.5    10.5
2005 06 05    20 19.45   -23 34.1    1.156    1.988   132.6    22.1    10.4
2005 06 10    20 21.06   -24 07.2    1.112    1.980   137.1    20.4    10.3
2005 06 15    20 21.82   -24 44.9    1.072    1.972   141.7    18.6    10.1
2005 06 20    20 21.72   -25 26.9    1.035    1.964   146.5    16.6    10.0
2005 06 25    20 20.76   -26 12.6    1.003    1.957   151.4    14.4     9.8
2005 06 30    20 18.95   -27 01.2    0.976    1.951   156.4    12.0     9.7
2005 07 05    20 16.34   -27 51.7    0.954    1.944   161.3     9.7     9.5
2005 07 10    20 13.04   -28 42.7    0.936    1.938   165.8     7.4     9.4
2005 07 15    20 09.18   -29 32.7    0.925    1.933   169.3     5.6     9.2
2005 07 20    20 04.98   -30 20.1    0.918    1.927   170.2     5.1     9.2
2005 07 25    20 00.62   -31 03.5    0.917    1.923   168.0     6.3     9.2
2005 07 30    19 56.33   -31 41.8    0.922    1.918   164.0     8.4     9.3
2005 08 04    19 52.33   -32 14.1    0.931    1.914   159.2    10.9     9.5
2005 08 09    19 48.87   -32 39.8    0.946    1.911   154.2    13.4     9.6
2005 08 14    19 46.12   -32 58.8    0.966    1.907   149.2    15.8     9.7
2005 08 19    19 44.24   -33 11.3    0.989    1.905   144.3    18.1     9.8
2005 08 24    19 43.29   -33 17.6    1.017    1.903   139.5    20.2    10.0
2005 08 29    19 43.35   -33 18.2    1.048    1.901   134.9    22.1    10.1
2005 09 03    19 44.41   -33 13.4    1.083    1.899   130.5    23.8    10.2
2005 09 08    19 46.49   -33 03.8    1.120    1.899   126.3    25.3    10.3
2005 09 13    19 49.54   -32 49.8    1.160    1.898   122.2    26.6    10.4
2005 09 18    19 53.49   -32 31.7    1.202    1.898   118.4    27.8    10.6
2005 09 23    19 58.27   -32 09.7    1.246    1.899   114.7    28.7    10.7
2005 09 28    20 03.81   -31 44.2    1.292    1.900   111.2    29.5    10.8
2005 10 03    20 10.03   -31 15.2    1.340    1.901   107.8    30.1    10.9
2005 10 08    20 16.88   -30 42.9    1.389    1.903   104.5    30.6    11.0
2005 10 13    20 24.27   -30 07.4    1.439    1.905   101.3    30.9    11.0
2005 10 18    20 32.13   -29 28.7    1.490    1.908    98.3    31.1    11.1
2005 10 23    20 40.39   -28 47.0    1.542    1.911    95.3    31.2    11.2
2005 10 28    20 49.00   -28 02.4    1.595    1.915    92.4    31.2    11.3

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