(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:(52) Europa Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5 (M-c) Goffin M 160.58189 (2000.0) P Q n 0.18065907 Peri. 343.95871 -0.38809956 -0.91601751 a 3.0990567 Node 128.76379 +0.85922416 -0.39943766 e 0.1043077 Incl. 7.47534 +0.33333553 -0.03689826 P 5.46 H 6.31 G 0.18 From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.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 05 31 19 54.56 -16 48.2 2.660 3.418 131.6 12.8 11.8 2007 06 05 19 53.16 -16 54.3 2.609 3.419 136.7 11.7 11.7 2007 06 10 19 51.26 -17 02.3 2.562 3.419 141.9 10.5 11.7 2007 06 15 19 48.90 -17 12.1 2.521 3.420 147.3 9.2 11.6 2007 06 20 19 46.10 -17 23.6 2.486 3.421 152.7 7.8 11.5 2007 06 25 19 42.93 -17 36.5 2.456 3.421 158.2 6.3 11.4 2007 06 30 19 39.45 -17 50.7 2.434 3.421 163.7 4.8 11.3 2007 07 05 19 35.72 -18 05.9 2.418 3.422 169.2 3.2 11.2 2007 07 10 19 31.82 -18 21.9 2.409 3.422 174.4 1.7 11.1 2007 07 15 19 27.84 -18 38.3 2.407 3.422 176.5 1.0 11.0 2007 07 20 19 23.88 -18 54.9 2.412 3.422 172.3 2.3 11.1 2007 07 25 19 20.03 -19 11.5 2.425 3.422 166.9 3.8 11.2 2007 07 30 19 16.37 -19 27.7 2.445 3.422 161.4 5.4 11.3 2007 08 04 19 12.99 -19 43.4 2.471 3.422 155.9 7.0 11.4 2007 08 09 19 09.95 -19 58.4 2.504 3.422 150.4 8.4 11.5 2007 08 14 19 07.32 -20 12.7 2.543 3.422 145.0 9.8 11.6 2007 08 19 19 05.15 -20 26.1 2.587 3.422 139.6 11.0 11.7 2007 08 24 19 03.47 -20 38.5 2.636 3.421 134.4 12.2 11.8 2007 08 29 19 02.32 -20 49.8 2.690 3.421 129.3 13.2 11.9
