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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(83622) 2001 SP308

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 59933
 (83622) 2001 SP308
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 340.73004              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17793383     Peri.   95.57653     +0.51952025     -0.85355688
a   3.1306201      Node   323.03784     +0.75584993     +0.48049466
e   0.1995442      Incl.    3.74127     +0.39848412     +0.20140886
P   5.54           H   15.7           G   0.15           U   1
From 36 observations at 4 oppositions, 1993-2004, mean residual 0".58.
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 (and other) objects may be generated using the Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2009 10 26    12 47.42   -07 22.3    4.374    3.449    18.9     5.4    22.0

2010 04 14    14 01.15   -17 24.7    2.668    3.657   168.5     3.1    21.0
2010 04 19    13 57.35   -17 07.1    2.662    3.661   173.4     1.8    20.9
2010 04 24    13 53.54   -16 48.3    2.663    3.666   175.0     1.4    20.8
2010 04 29    13 49.78   -16 28.6    2.671    3.670   171.4     2.3    20.9
2010 05 04    13 46.17   -16 08.5    2.687    3.674   166.3     3.7    21.0

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