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IAU Minor Planet Center

Minor Planet Center

(162117) 1998 SD15

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO122953
(162117) 1998 SD15
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 MPC
M 141.38235              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   1.09434904     Peri.   35.81717     -0.77268382     +0.63401973
a   0.9326073      Node   183.97929     -0.63467040     -0.77063721
e   0.3448890      Incl.   26.79560     +0.01237779     +0.06432168
P   0.90           H   19.1           G   0.15           U   3
From 278 observations at 4 oppositions, 1998-2007, 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 (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    07 34.64   -22 30.9    0.667    1.210    91.3    55.2    20.6
2009 10 31    07 46.38   -26 16.2    0.647    1.197    91.3    56.0    20.6
2009 11 05    07 58.39   -30 06.6    0.628    1.183    91.0    56.9    20.5
2009 11 10    08 10.83   -34 00.6    0.611    1.167    90.4    58.1    20.5
2009 11 15    08 23.88   -37 56.6    0.595    1.149    89.4    59.4    20.4
2009 11 20    08 37.83   -41 52.7    0.581    1.130    88.2    60.9    20.4
2009 11 25    08 53.07   -45 47.0    0.567    1.109    86.7    62.7    20.3
2009 11 30    09 10.15   -49 37.4    0.554    1.087    84.8    64.6    20.3
2009 12 05    09 29.88   -53 21.9    0.542    1.063    82.8    66.9    20.3
2009 12 10    09 53.35   -56 57.4    0.530    1.038    80.4    69.4    20.2
2009 12 15    10 22.07   -60 19.0    0.518    1.011    77.8    72.1    20.2
2009 12 20    10 58.02   -63 18.3    0.507    0.983    75.0    75.2    20.2
2009 12 25    11 43.35   -65 41.4    0.495    0.953    71.8    78.6    20.2
2009 12 30    12 39.08   -67 07.7    0.485    0.923    68.4    82.3    20.2
2010 01 04    13 42.79   -67 12.1    0.476    0.891    64.8    86.3    20.3
2010 01 09    14 47.68   -65 35.6    0.469    0.859    60.9    90.6    20.3
2010 01 14    15 46.32   -62 15.8    0.465    0.827    56.8    95.0    20.4
2010 01 19    16 35.27   -57 26.7    0.467    0.794    52.8    99.3    20.5
2010 01 24    17 15.07   -51 30.5    0.474    0.762    48.9   103.1    20.7
2010 01 29    17 47.86   -44 52.7    0.490    0.730    45.5   105.9    20.8
2010 02 03    18 15.82   -37 59.1    0.515    0.701    42.8   107.3    20.9
2010 02 08    18 40.69   -31 13.3    0.551    0.674    40.9   106.8    20.9
2010 02 13    19 03.68   -24 54.2    0.598    0.651    39.7   104.5    20.9
2010 02 18    19 25.66   -19 13.2    0.654    0.632    39.0   100.5    20.8
2010 02 23    19 47.16   -14 15.3    0.718    0.619    38.5    95.2    20.7
2010 02 28    20 08.51   -10 00.1    0.789    0.612    38.1    89.1    20.7
2010 03 05    20 29.83   -06 23.8    0.864    0.612    37.7    82.6    20.6
2010 03 10    20 51.13   -03 21.1    0.940    0.618    37.2    76.1    20.6
2010 03 15    21 12.31   -00 46.5    1.016    0.631    36.6    69.8    20.6
2010 03 20    21 33.26   +01 25.1    1.090    0.650    35.9    64.1    20.6
2010 03 25    21 53.86   +03 18.1    1.161    0.673    35.3    58.9    20.7
2010 03 30    22 14.03   +04 56.1    1.228    0.700    34.7    54.4    20.8
2010 04 04    22 33.71   +06 21.8    1.290    0.729    34.3    50.5    20.8
2010 04 09    22 52.89   +07 37.6    1.347    0.760    33.9    47.3    20.9
2010 04 14    23 11.57   +08 45.0    1.398    0.792    33.7    44.6    21.0

2010 11 20    11 20.35   -25 36.1    0.907    0.947    59.8    64.4    21.0
2010 11 25    11 47.15   -27 00.7    0.898    0.916    57.9    65.9    21.0
2010 11 30    12 15.51   -28 07.5    0.892    0.885    55.9    67.5    21.0

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