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Minor Planet Center

(71) Niobe

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
   (71) Niobe
Epoch 2007 Apr. 10.0 TT = JDT 2454200.5                 Williams
M  35.46575              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21553531     Peri.  267.41459     -0.66910028     +0.69085715
a   2.7550137      Node   316.08223     -0.42094597     -0.65604476
e   0.1765324      Incl.   23.25861     -0.61246168     -0.30384483
P   4.57           H    7.30          G   0.40           U   0
From 292 observations at 41 oppositions, 1864-2000, mean residual 0".86.
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 01    20 54.04   -33 44.6    2.146    2.426    93.5    24.5    11.7
2007 05 06    20 58.61   -33 23.8    2.092    2.434    97.2    24.3    11.7
2007 05 11    21 02.51   -33 04.2    2.039    2.442   101.0    24.0    11.6
2007 05 16    21 05.71   -32 45.9    1.986    2.450   104.9    23.5    11.5
2007 05 21    21 08.16   -32 29.1    1.935    2.458   109.0    22.9    11.5
2007 05 26    21 09.84   -32 13.6    1.884    2.466   113.2    22.2    11.4
2007 05 31    21 10.71   -31 59.5    1.836    2.474   117.6    21.3    11.3
2007 06 05    21 10.75   -31 46.5    1.790    2.482   122.1    20.3    11.3
2007 06 10    21 09.92   -31 34.4    1.747    2.491   126.8    19.1    11.2
2007 06 15    21 08.22   -31 22.9    1.706    2.499   131.7    17.7    11.1
2007 06 20    21 05.64   -31 11.5    1.670    2.508   136.7    16.1    11.0
2007 06 25    21 02.21   -30 59.7    1.638    2.517   141.9    14.4    11.0
2007 06 30    20 58.00   -30 46.9    1.611    2.525   147.1    12.6    10.9
2007 07 05    20 53.07   -30 32.5    1.589    2.534   152.5    10.7    10.8
2007 07 10    20 47.53   -30 15.9    1.573    2.543   157.8     8.7    10.7
2007 07 15    20 41.52   -29 56.6    1.563    2.552   163.0     6.7    10.7
2007 07 20    20 35.20   -29 34.2    1.560    2.561   167.4     4.9    10.6
2007 07 25    20 28.76   -29 08.5    1.563    2.570   170.2     3.9    10.6
2007 07 30    20 22.37   -28 39.5    1.574    2.579   169.6     4.1    10.6
2007 08 04    20 16.22   -28 07.4    1.592    2.588   166.1     5.4    10.7
2007 08 09    20 10.45   -27 32.7    1.616    2.598   161.4     7.2    10.8
2007 08 14    20 05.21   -26 55.8    1.648    2.607   156.2     9.0    10.9
2007 08 19    20 00.62   -26 17.2    1.685    2.616   150.8    10.9    11.0
2007 08 24    19 56.74   -25 37.6    1.729    2.625   145.5    12.6    11.1
2007 08 29    19 53.63   -24 57.3    1.777    2.634   140.3    14.2    11.2
2007 09 03    19 51.31   -24 16.9    1.831    2.644   135.1    15.6    11.3
2007 09 08    19 49.76   -23 36.7    1.890    2.653   130.1    16.9    11.4
2007 09 13    19 48.97   -22 56.9    1.952    2.662   125.2    18.0    11.5
2007 09 18    19 48.93   -22 17.7    2.018    2.672   120.4    18.9    11.7
2007 09 23    19 49.58   -21 39.0    2.087    2.681   115.8    19.7    11.7
2007 09 28    19 50.89   -21 01.0    2.158    2.690   111.3    20.3    11.8

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