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Minor Planet Center

(88) Thisbe

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
   (88) Thisbe
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M  15.61695              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21401515     Peri.   36.63219     +0.68476324     +0.72314924
a   2.7680443      Node   276.77812     -0.68835703     +0.60112219
e   0.1643563      Incl.    5.21756     -0.23929879     +0.34015774
P   4.61           H    7.04          G   0.14           U   0
From 998 observations at 68 oppositions, 1866-1997, mean residual 0".54.
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 08 29    03 23.19   +24 17.7    2.221    2.610   101.0    22.3    11.9
2005 09 03    03 25.99   +24 33.8    2.167    2.618   105.1    21.8    11.9
2005 09 08    03 28.19   +24 47.7    2.114    2.627   109.4    21.2    11.8
2005 09 13    03 29.74   +24 59.1    2.062    2.635   113.8    20.4    11.7
2005 09 18    03 30.61   +25 07.9    2.013    2.644   118.5    19.5    11.7
2005 09 23    03 30.79   +25 14.1    1.966    2.652   123.2    18.4    11.6
2005 09 28    03 30.25   +25 17.3    1.922    2.661   128.2    17.2    11.5
2005 10 03    03 28.98   +25 17.4    1.882    2.669   133.3    15.8    11.4
2005 10 08    03 26.99   +25 14.1    1.845    2.678   138.6    14.3    11.3
2005 10 13    03 24.34   +25 07.4    1.814    2.687   144.1    12.6    11.2
2005 10 18    03 21.07   +24 57.1    1.788    2.695   149.7    10.7    11.1
2005 10 23    03 17.27   +24 43.2    1.767    2.704   155.4     8.8    11.0
2005 10 28    03 13.04   +24 25.8    1.753    2.712   161.1     6.8    10.9
2005 11 02    03 08.50   +24 05.2    1.746    2.721   166.7     4.8    10.8
2005 11 07    03 03.80   +23 41.7    1.745    2.730   171.7     3.0    10.7
2005 11 12    02 59.08   +23 16.0    1.752    2.738   173.9     2.2    10.7
2005 11 17    02 54.49   +22 48.7    1.766    2.747   171.0     3.2    10.8
2005 11 22    02 50.16   +22 20.6    1.787    2.755   165.9     5.0    10.9
2005 11 27    02 46.21   +21 52.4    1.815    2.764   160.2     6.9    11.1
2005 12 02    02 42.74   +21 25.1    1.850    2.772   154.5     8.8    11.2
2005 12 07    02 39.84   +20 59.2    1.891    2.781   148.8    10.6    11.3
2005 12 12    02 37.56   +20 35.5    1.938    2.789   143.2    12.2    11.4
2005 12 17    02 35.94   +20 14.4    1.991    2.798   137.7    13.7    11.6
2005 12 22    02 34.97   +19 56.2    2.048    2.806   132.3    15.0    11.7
2005 12 27    02 34.66   +19 41.1    2.109    2.814   127.1    16.2    11.8

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