(16) Psyche
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:(16) Psyche Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 Goffin M 141.36755 (2000.0) P Q n 0.19759383 Peri. 227.80483 +0.94971335 -0.31197837 a 2.9193565 Node 150.34442 +0.30084317 +0.88548326 e 0.1395352 Incl. 3.09587 +0.08682130 +0.34436737 P 4.99 H 5.90 G 0.20 U 0 From 1831 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-1998, 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 2007 01 01 11 20.23 +04 25.0 2.683 3.171 110.9 16.8 11.4 2007 01 06 11 20.94 +04 24.2 2.621 3.176 115.9 16.2 11.3 2007 01 11 11 21.13 +04 26.9 2.561 3.181 120.9 15.4 11.2 2007 01 16 11 20.79 +04 33.1 2.505 3.186 126.2 14.4 11.2 2007 01 21 11 19.92 +04 42.9 2.452 3.190 131.5 13.4 11.1 2007 01 26 11 18.51 +04 56.2 2.404 3.195 137.0 12.1 11.0 2007 01 31 11 16.60 +05 12.7 2.361 3.200 142.6 10.8 10.9 2007 02 05 11 14.21 +05 32.3 2.323 3.204 148.4 9.3 10.8 2007 02 10 11 11.39 +05 54.7 2.292 3.209 154.2 7.7 10.7 2007 02 15 11 08.19 +06 19.3 2.267 3.213 160.2 6.0 10.7 2007 02 20 11 04.68 +06 45.7 2.249 3.218 166.2 4.2 10.6 2007 02 25 11 00.94 +07 13.2 2.239 3.222 172.2 2.4 10.4 2007 03 02 10 57.09 +07 41.1 2.236 3.226 178.1 0.6 10.3 2007 03 07 10 53.20 +08 08.9 2.241 3.231 175.5 1.4 10.4 2007 03 12 10 49.38 +08 35.8 2.253 3.235 169.5 3.2 10.5 2007 03 17 10 45.73 +09 01.3 2.272 3.239 163.5 5.0 10.6 2007 03 22 10 42.32 +09 24.9 2.299 3.242 157.6 6.7 10.7 2007 03 27 10 39.25 +09 46.0 2.332 3.246 151.8 8.3 10.8 2007 04 01 10 36.58 +10 04.3 2.372 3.250 146.2 9.9 10.9 2007 04 06 10 34.34 +10 19.6 2.418 3.254 140.6 11.2 11.0 2007 04 11 10 32.59 +10 31.8 2.468 3.257 135.2 12.5 11.1 2007 04 16 10 31.33 +10 40.8 2.524 3.261 130.0 13.6 11.2 2007 04 21 10 30.58 +10 46.6 2.583 3.264 124.9 14.6 11.3 2007 04 26 10 30.35 +10 49.2 2.647 3.267 120.0 15.5 11.4 2007 05 01 10 30.62 +10 48.7 2.713 3.271 115.2 16.2 11.5 2007 05 06 10 31.36 +10 45.2 2.781 3.274 110.5 16.8 11.5 2007 05 11 10 32.57 +10 38.9 2.851 3.277 106.0 17.2 11.6 2007 05 16 10 34.22 +10 29.9 2.923 3.280 101.6 17.6 11.7 2007 05 21 10 36.29 +10 18.4 2.996 3.283 97.3 17.8 11.7
