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Minor Planet Center

(37) Fides

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
   (37) Fides
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5                 Goffin
M  52.29330              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22963429     Peri.   62.66836     +0.34093351     -0.94006200
a   2.6410597      Node     7.40792     +0.84246018     +0.30225668
e   0.1765750      Incl.    3.07331     +0.41716326     +0.15787444
P   4.29           H    7.29          G   0.24           U   0
From 1399 observations at 97 oppositions, 1855-1996, mean residual 0".55.
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    08 16.54   +24 59.5    1.316    2.261   158.8     9.1    10.2
2007 01 06    08 12.06   +25 14.7    1.304    2.267   164.7     6.6    10.1
2007 01 11    08 07.13   +25 29.1    1.299    2.274   170.3     4.2    10.0
2007 01 16    08 01.94   +25 41.8    1.300    2.281   174.5     2.4     9.9
2007 01 21    07 56.69   +25 52.3    1.308    2.288   173.4     2.9     9.9
2007 01 26    07 51.60   +26 00.1    1.322    2.295   168.3     5.0    10.1
2007 01 31    07 46.86   +26 04.9    1.343    2.302   162.6     7.3    10.2
2007 02 05    07 42.64   +26 06.8    1.371    2.310   156.8     9.7    10.4
2007 02 10    07 39.06   +26 05.7    1.404    2.317   151.1    11.9    10.5
2007 02 15    07 36.23   +26 02.0    1.443    2.325   145.5    13.9    10.6
2007 02 20    07 34.22   +25 55.9    1.487    2.333   140.1    15.8    10.8
2007 02 25    07 33.05   +25 47.5    1.535    2.341   134.8    17.4    10.9
2007 03 02    07 32.74   +25 37.3    1.588    2.349   129.8    18.9    11.0
2007 03 07    07 33.26   +25 25.4    1.644    2.357   125.0    20.2    11.1
2007 03 12    07 34.56   +25 11.9    1.703    2.366   120.3    21.3    11.2
2007 03 17    07 36.61   +24 57.0    1.765    2.374   115.8    22.2    11.4
2007 03 22    07 39.35   +24 40.8    1.829    2.383   111.5    22.9    11.5
2007 03 27    07 42.74   +24 23.2    1.895    2.391   107.4    23.5    11.6
2007 04 01    07 46.71   +24 04.4    1.963    2.400   103.4    23.9    11.7
2007 04 06    07 51.19   +23 44.2    2.031    2.409    99.6    24.2    11.7
2007 04 11    07 56.15   +23 22.7    2.101    2.418    95.8    24.3    11.8

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