(9) Metis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(9) Metis
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 Goffin
M 180.97060 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26711633 Peri. 5.94454 +0.26066583 -0.96115917
a 2.3878246 Node 68.97304 +0.88171274 +0.19874300
e 0.1213533 Incl. 5.57622 +0.39323781 +0.19150528
P 3.69 H 6.28 G 0.17 U 0
From 2131 observations at 96 oppositions, 1822-2001, 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 2007 04 01 18 24.38 -23 50.6 2.395 2.678 95.2 21.8 11.3 2007 04 06 18 28.24 -23 56.2 2.328 2.678 99.3 21.6 11.3 2007 04 11 18 31.57 -24 02.2 2.261 2.678 103.4 21.3 11.2 2007 04 16 18 34.33 -24 08.9 2.196 2.677 107.7 20.9 11.1 2007 04 21 18 36.48 -24 16.4 2.132 2.677 112.1 20.3 11.0 2007 04 26 18 37.98 -24 24.9 2.070 2.677 116.7 19.6 11.0 2007 05 01 18 38.80 -24 34.5 2.010 2.676 121.3 18.8 10.9 2007 05 06 18 38.92 -24 45.2 1.953 2.675 126.2 17.7 10.8 2007 05 11 18 38.31 -24 56.9 1.900 2.675 131.1 16.5 10.7 2007 05 16 18 36.95 -25 09.6 1.850 2.674 136.3 15.1 10.6 2007 05 21 18 34.85 -25 23.2 1.805 2.673 141.6 13.6 10.5 2007 05 26 18 32.02 -25 37.4 1.764 2.671 147.0 11.9 10.4 2007 05 31 18 28.52 -25 51.9 1.729 2.670 152.6 10.1 10.2 2007 06 05 18 24.40 -26 06.3 1.700 2.669 158.2 8.1 10.1 2007 06 10 18 19.76 -26 20.2 1.677 2.667 164.0 6.0 10.0 2007 06 15 18 14.69 -26 33.3 1.660 2.666 169.7 3.9 9.9 2007 06 20 18 09.33 -26 45.2 1.650 2.664 174.9 1.9 9.7 2007 06 25 18 03.85 -26 55.6 1.647 2.662 175.9 1.6 9.7 2007 06 30 17 58.40 -27 04.3 1.651 2.660 171.1 3.4 9.8 2007 07 05 17 53.13 -27 11.3 1.661 2.658 165.5 5.5 9.9 2007 07 10 17 48.19 -27 16.7 1.678 2.655 159.7 7.6 10.1 2007 07 15 17 43.70 -27 20.6 1.702 2.653 154.0 9.7 10.2 2007 07 20 17 39.78 -27 23.2 1.731 2.651 148.4 11.6 10.3 2007 07 25 17 36.53 -27 24.9 1.765 2.648 143.0 13.4 10.4 2007 07 30 17 33.99 -27 25.9 1.805 2.645 137.7 15.0 10.5 2007 08 04 17 32.19 -27 26.3 1.849 2.642 132.5 16.4 10.6 2007 08 09 17 31.16 -27 26.6 1.896 2.639 127.5 17.7 10.7 2007 08 14 17 30.90 -27 26.8 1.947 2.636 122.7 18.9 10.8 2007 08 19 17 31.39 -27 27.0 2.002 2.633 118.0 19.8 10.9 2007 08 24 17 32.61 -27 27.2 2.058 2.630 113.5 20.7 10.9 2007 08 29 17 34.52 -27 27.6 2.116 2.626 109.1 21.3 11.0 2007 09 03 17 37.10 -27 28.0 2.176 2.623 104.8 21.8 11.1 2007 09 08 17 40.30 -27 28.3 2.237 2.619 100.7 22.2 11.2 2007 09 13 17 44.08 -27 28.5 2.299 2.615 96.7 22.5 11.2 2007 09 18 17 48.42 -27 28.5 2.362 2.611 92.8 22.6 11.3
