(9) Metis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(9) Metis
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin
M 234.14425 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26730716 Peri. 6.18143 +0.25678805 -0.96220446
a 2.3866880 Node 68.96719 +0.88250377 +0.19519411
e 0.1217147 Incl. 5.57511 +0.39401395 +0.18989955
P 3.69 H 6.28 G 0.17 U 0
From 2131 observations at 96 oppositions, 1822-2001, mean residual 0".54.
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 08 08 02 42.49 +10 10.4 1.900 2.220 94.3 27.1 10.6 2008 08 13 02 47.99 +10 32.2 1.838 2.214 97.7 27.0 10.5 2008 08 18 02 53.09 +10 51.6 1.776 2.208 101.2 26.7 10.4 2008 08 23 02 57.72 +11 08.6 1.716 2.203 104.8 26.4 10.3 2008 08 28 03 01.84 +11 23.1 1.656 2.197 108.6 25.8 10.2 2008 09 02 03 05.39 +11 35.2 1.598 2.191 112.5 25.2 10.1 2008 09 07 03 08.30 +11 44.8 1.541 2.186 116.6 24.4 10.0 2008 09 12 03 10.54 +11 52.1 1.486 2.181 120.8 23.3 9.9 2008 09 17 03 12.05 +11 57.0 1.434 2.176 125.3 22.2 9.8 2008 09 22 03 12.79 +11 59.5 1.385 2.170 129.9 20.8 9.7 2008 09 27 03 12.70 +11 59.9 1.339 2.165 134.8 19.2 9.5 2008 10 02 03 11.76 +11 58.1 1.297 2.161 139.9 17.4 9.4 2008 10 07 03 09.97 +11 54.3 1.258 2.156 145.2 15.3 9.3 2008 10 12 03 07.36 +11 49.0 1.225 2.151 150.7 13.1 9.1 2008 10 17 03 03.99 +11 42.2 1.197 2.147 156.4 10.7 9.0 2008 10 22 02 59.94 +11 34.5 1.174 2.143 162.2 8.2 8.8 2008 10 27 02 55.33 +11 26.2 1.157 2.139 167.9 5.6 8.7 2008 11 01 02 50.33 +11 18.0 1.146 2.135 173.2 3.1 8.5 2008 11 06 02 45.13 +11 10.6 1.142 2.131 175.2 2.2 8.5 2008 11 11 02 39.93 +11 04.5 1.144 2.128 171.1 4.1 8.6 2008 11 16 02 34.93 +11 00.4 1.152 2.124 165.4 6.7 8.7 2008 11 21 02 30.30 +10 58.8 1.167 2.121 159.5 9.4 8.9 2008 11 26 02 26.23 +11 00.4 1.188 2.118 153.7 11.9 9.0 2008 12 01 02 22.83 +11 05.3 1.214 2.115 147.9 14.3 9.1 2008 12 06 02 20.22 +11 14.0 1.245 2.112 142.3 16.6 9.2 2008 12 11 02 18.45 +11 26.4 1.281 2.110 136.9 18.6 9.4 2008 12 16 02 17.55 +11 42.6 1.320 2.107 131.7 20.4 9.5 2008 12 21 02 17.52 +12 02.3 1.363 2.105 126.8 22.0 9.6 2008 12 26 02 18.34 +12 25.5 1.410 2.103 122.0 23.4 9.7
