(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:(52) Europa Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5 (M-c) Goffin M 16.89935 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18072124 Peri. 343.18326 -0.37978078 -0.91954702 a 3.0983461 Node 129.01878 +0.86299889 -0.39149664 e 0.1013663 Incl. 7.46900 +0.33316584 -0.03411251 P 5.45 H 6.31 G 0.18 From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.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 01 09 26.15 +14 36.4 1.956 2.792 141.3 12.7 10.7 2005 01 06 09 24.22 +14 58.2 1.917 2.794 147.0 11.1 10.6 2005 01 11 09 21.72 +15 23.0 1.884 2.795 152.8 9.3 10.5 2005 01 16 09 18.73 +15 50.5 1.857 2.796 158.7 7.3 10.4 2005 01 21 09 15.32 +16 19.9 1.837 2.798 164.7 5.3 10.3 2005 01 26 09 11.58 +16 50.6 1.823 2.800 170.8 3.2 10.2 2005 01 31 09 07.64 +17 21.8 1.817 2.801 176.8 1.1 10.0 2005 02 05 09 03.61 +17 52.9 1.818 2.803 176.7 1.1 10.0 2005 02 10 08 59.61 +18 23.1 1.827 2.805 170.7 3.3 10.2 2005 02 15 08 55.79 +18 51.8 1.842 2.807 164.7 5.3 10.3 2005 02 20 08 52.26 +19 18.2 1.865 2.809 158.7 7.3 10.4 2005 02 25 08 49.13 +19 42.1 1.894 2.811 152.9 9.2 10.5 2005 03 02 08 46.48 +20 03.0 1.929 2.814 147.1 11.0 10.6 2005 03 07 08 44.38 +20 21.0 1.970 2.816 141.6 12.7 10.8 2005 03 12 08 42.88 +20 35.7 2.016 2.818 136.2 14.1 10.9 2005 03 17 08 42.00 +20 47.2 2.067 2.821 130.9 15.5 11.0 2005 03 22 08 41.77 +20 55.6 2.121 2.823 125.9 16.6 11.1 2005 03 27 08 42.17 +21 00.9 2.180 2.826 121.0 17.6 11.1 2005 04 01 08 43.18 +21 03.2 2.241 2.829 116.3 18.5 11.2 2005 04 06 08 44.79 +21 02.7 2.304 2.832 111.7 19.2 11.3 2005 04 11 08 46.96 +20 59.5 2.370 2.835 107.3 19.7 11.4 2005 04 16 08 49.67 +20 53.6 2.437 2.838 103.1 20.2 11.5 2005 04 21 08 52.86 +20 45.3 2.505 2.841 98.9 20.5 11.5 2005 04 26 08 56.51 +20 34.5 2.574 2.844 95.0 20.6 11.6 2005 05 01 09 00.57 +20 21.5 2.644 2.847 91.1 20.7 11.7
