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(88696) 2001 RS139

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 63956
 (88696) 2001 RS139
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M  24.91042              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18056938     Peri.    6.99576     +0.94749182     -0.31805611
a   3.1000829      Node    11.71327     +0.28491085     +0.79253900
e   0.1351031      Incl.    9.40064     +0.14520697     +0.52030976
P   5.46           H   16.2           G   0.15           U   1
From 60 observations at 4 oppositions, 1996-2004, 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 (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 30.57   -01 44.7    4.370    3.494    24.9     6.9    22.6

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