(1) Ceres
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
(1) Ceres
Epoch 2006 Mar. 6.0 TT = JDT 2453800.5 Bowell
M 129.98342 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21432279 Peri. 73.23162 -0.87996128 -0.43914664
a 2.7653949 Node 80.40970 +0.33488614 -0.84392857
e 0.0800102 Incl. 10.58687 +0.33692643 -0.30811490
P 4.60 H 3.34 G 0.12
From 4676 observations at 62 oppositions, 1839-1994, 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 2006 05 21 21 57.62 -21 05.0 2.681 2.954 95.5 19.9 8.9 2006 05 26 22 01.13 -21 09.1 2.616 2.956 99.5 19.8 8.8 2006 05 31 22 04.19 -21 16.3 2.551 2.958 103.6 19.5 8.7 2006 06 05 22 06.79 -21 26.5 2.488 2.960 107.8 19.0 8.7 2006 06 10 22 08.90 -21 40.0 2.427 2.962 112.1 18.5 8.6 2006 06 15 22 10.48 -21 56.7 2.368 2.964 116.5 17.9 8.5 2006 06 20 22 11.52 -22 16.8 2.311 2.965 121.0 17.1 8.5 2006 06 25 22 11.99 -22 40.1 2.257 2.967 125.7 16.2 8.4 2006 06 30 22 11.87 -23 06.6 2.207 2.969 130.4 15.1 8.3 2006 07 05 22 11.15 -23 35.9 2.160 2.970 135.3 13.9 8.2 2006 07 10 22 09.82 -24 07.6 2.118 2.971 140.2 12.7 8.1 2006 07 15 22 07.92 -24 41.3 2.081 2.973 145.1 11.3 8.0 2006 07 20 22 05.44 -25 16.3 2.050 2.974 150.1 9.8 7.9 2006 07 25 22 02.43 -25 51.9 2.024 2.975 154.9 8.3 7.8 2006 07 30 21 58.95 -26 27.3 2.005 2.977 159.4 6.9 7.8 2006 08 04 21 55.09 -27 01.6 1.992 2.978 163.2 5.7 7.7 2006 08 09 21 50.93 -27 33.9 1.986 2.979 165.7 4.8 7.6 2006 08 14 21 46.59 -28 03.6 1.986 2.980 166.1 4.7 7.6 2006 08 19 21 42.17 -28 29.8 1.994 2.981 164.2 5.3 7.7 2006 08 24 21 37.80 -28 52.0 2.008 2.981 160.8 6.4 7.7 2006 08 29 21 33.60 -29 09.8 2.029 2.982 156.4 7.8 7.8 2006 09 03 21 29.70 -29 23.0 2.056 2.983 151.7 9.2 7.9 2006 09 08 21 26.19 -29 31.5 2.089 2.984 146.8 10.7 8.0 2006 09 13 21 23.15 -29 35.4 2.128 2.984 141.8 12.0 8.1 2006 09 18 21 20.65 -29 34.9 2.172 2.985 136.8 13.3 8.2 2006 09 23 21 18.73 -29 30.2 2.221 2.985 131.8 14.5 8.3 2006 09 28 21 17.43 -29 21.6 2.274 2.986 127.0 15.6 8.4 2006 10 03 21 16.76 -29 09.4 2.330 2.986 122.2 16.5 8.5 2006 10 08 21 16.72 -28 54.1 2.390 2.986 117.5 17.3 8.6 2006 10 13 21 17.29 -28 35.8 2.452 2.986 113.0 17.9 8.6 2006 10 18 21 18.45 -28 14.9 2.517 2.986 108.5 18.4 8.7 2006 10 23 21 20.17 -27 51.6 2.583 2.987 104.1 18.9 8.8 2006 10 28 21 22.44 -27 26.0 2.651 2.987 99.9 19.1 8.8 2006 11 02 21 25.20 -26 58.5 2.720 2.986 95.7 19.3 8.9 2006 11 07 21 28.43 -26 29.1 2.789 2.986 91.6 19.4 9.0
