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Minor Planet Center

(5) Astraea

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 41498
     (5) Astraea
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Goffin
M   1.57107              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23874497     Peri.  357.49593     -0.75680383     -0.65106189
a   2.5734352      Node   141.67689     +0.60131926     -0.72827348
e   0.1925010      Incl.    5.36885     +0.25624815     -0.21386015
P   4.13           H    6.85          G   0.15           U   0
From 2178 observations at 100 oppositions, 1845-2002, mean residual 0".56.
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
2008 01 06    12 56.67   -03 15.9    1.864    2.117    90.6    27.7    11.1
2008 01 11    13 02.90   -03 38.4    1.811    2.122    94.1    27.5    11.0
2008 01 16    13 08.69   -03 56.9    1.758    2.127    97.8    27.3    10.9
2008 01 21    13 13.98   -04 11.4    1.706    2.133   101.5    26.9    10.9
2008 01 26    13 18.74   -04 21.5    1.654    2.138   105.4    26.3    10.8
2008 01 31    13 22.92   -04 27.0    1.604    2.144   109.5    25.7    10.7
2008 02 05    13 26.46   -04 27.8    1.556    2.151   113.7    24.8    10.6
2008 02 10    13 29.32   -04 23.7    1.509    2.157   118.1    23.8    10.5
2008 02 15    13 31.46   -04 14.6    1.465    2.164   122.7    22.6    10.4
2008 02 20    13 32.84   -04 00.6    1.423    2.171   127.5    21.2    10.3
2008 02 25    13 33.45   -03 41.8    1.385    2.178   132.4    19.6    10.2
2008 03 01    13 33.27   -03 18.3    1.350    2.186   137.5    17.8    10.1
2008 03 06    13 32.29   -02 50.4    1.320    2.193   142.8    15.9    10.0
2008 03 11    13 30.56   -02 18.9    1.294    2.201   148.2    13.7     9.9
2008 03 16    13 28.14   -01 44.4    1.273    2.209   153.8    11.5     9.8
2008 03 21    13 25.11   -01 07.8    1.258    2.218   159.3     9.1     9.7
2008 03 26    13 21.59   -00 30.3    1.248    2.226   164.6     6.8     9.6
2008 03 31    13 17.70   +00 07.1    1.245    2.235   169.4     4.7     9.5
2008 04 05    13 13.60   +00 43.1    1.248    2.243   172.0     3.5     9.4
2008 04 10    13 09.44   +01 16.6    1.258    2.252   170.6     4.1     9.5
2008 04 15    13 05.41   +01 46.4    1.274    2.261   166.5     6.0     9.6
2008 04 20    13 01.64   +02 11.7    1.296    2.271   161.4     8.1     9.8
2008 04 25    12 58.25   +02 32.0    1.324    2.280   156.0    10.3     9.9
2008 04 30    12 55.36   +02 46.8    1.357    2.289   150.7    12.4    10.1
2008 05 05    12 53.04   +02 56.0    1.396    2.299   145.5    14.4    10.2
2008 05 10    12 51.34   +02 59.4    1.439    2.309   140.4    16.2    10.3
2008 05 15    12 50.31   +02 57.4    1.487    2.318   135.4    17.8    10.5
2008 05 20    12 49.94   +02 50.1    1.538    2.328   130.7    19.2    10.6
2008 05 25    12 50.22   +02 38.0    1.593    2.338   126.1    20.5    10.7
2008 05 30    12 51.13   +02 21.4    1.651    2.348   121.7    21.6    10.8
2008 06 04    12 52.64   +02 00.7    1.712    2.358   117.5    22.4    11.0
2008 06 09    12 54.73   +01 36.4    1.775    2.368   113.4    23.2    11.1
2008 06 14    12 57.36   +01 08.7    1.840    2.379   109.4    23.7    11.2
2008 06 19    13 00.48   +00 38.2    1.906    2.389   105.6    24.2    11.3
2008 06 24    13 04.06   +00 05.1    1.974    2.399   101.9    24.5    11.4
2008 06 29    13 08.06   -00 30.1    2.043    2.410    98.3    24.7    11.5
2008 07 04    13 12.45   -01 07.3    2.112    2.420    94.8    24.7    11.5
2008 07 09    13 17.21   -01 46.1    2.182    2.430    91.4    24.7    11.6

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