(16) Psyche
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:
(16) Psyche
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin
M 180.95896 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.19762086 Peri. 227.74819 +0.95001535 -0.31105753
a 2.9190903 Node 150.34552 +0.29998482 +0.88577524
e 0.1395936 Incl. 3.09598 +0.08648671 +0.34444946
P 4.99 H 5.90 G 0.20 U 0
From 1831 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-1998, 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 object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008 02 20 15 28.44 -15 42.7 3.031 3.299 96.9 17.3 11.8 2008 02 25 15 30.85 -15 45.6 2.956 3.297 101.4 17.1 11.7 2008 03 01 15 32.82 -15 46.6 2.882 3.295 105.9 16.8 11.6 2008 03 06 15 34.31 -15 45.7 2.810 3.292 110.6 16.4 11.6 2008 03 11 15 35.29 -15 42.8 2.740 3.290 115.3 15.8 11.5 2008 03 16 15 35.74 -15 38.0 2.672 3.287 120.2 15.2 11.4 2008 03 21 15 35.66 -15 31.4 2.608 3.284 125.2 14.3 11.3 2008 03 26 15 35.04 -15 22.9 2.547 3.282 130.3 13.4 11.2 2008 03 31 15 33.87 -15 12.6 2.490 3.279 135.6 12.3 11.1 2008 04 05 15 32.16 -15 00.6 2.438 3.276 140.9 11.1 11.1 2008 04 10 15 29.94 -14 47.0 2.391 3.273 146.3 9.8 11.0 2008 04 15 15 27.25 -14 32.0 2.350 3.269 151.9 8.3 10.9 2008 04 20 15 24.14 -14 15.8 2.315 3.266 157.5 6.8 10.8 2008 04 25 15 20.67 -13 58.7 2.287 3.263 163.1 5.2 10.7 2008 04 30 15 16.92 -13 41.0 2.266 3.259 168.6 3.5 10.6 2008 05 05 15 12.97 -13 23.1 2.252 3.256 173.6 2.0 10.4 2008 05 10 15 08.92 -13 05.3 2.245 3.252 175.5 1.4 10.4 2008 05 15 15 04.87 -12 48.0 2.245 3.249 171.7 2.6 10.5 2008 05 20 15 00.92 -12 31.8 2.253 3.245 166.4 4.2 10.6 2008 05 25 14 57.15 -12 16.9 2.267 3.241 160.9 5.9 10.7 2008 05 30 14 53.64 -12 03.7 2.288 3.237 155.4 7.5 10.8 2008 06 04 14 50.48 -11 52.6 2.315 3.233 149.9 9.1 10.8 2008 06 09 14 47.72 -11 43.8 2.349 3.229 144.4 10.5 10.9 2008 06 14 14 45.41 -11 37.5 2.388 3.225 139.1 11.9 11.0 2008 06 19 14 43.59 -11 33.8 2.431 3.221 133.9 13.1 11.1 2008 06 24 14 42.27 -11 32.7 2.479 3.216 128.9 14.2 11.2 2008 06 29 14 41.47 -11 34.2 2.531 3.212 124.0 15.2 11.2 2008 07 04 14 41.19 -11 38.3 2.587 3.207 119.2 16.1 11.3 2008 07 09 14 41.42 -11 44.9 2.645 3.203 114.5 16.8 11.4 2008 07 14 14 42.16 -11 53.9 2.705 3.198 110.0 17.4 11.4 2008 07 19 14 43.40 -12 05.1 2.767 3.194 105.6 17.9 11.5 2008 07 24 14 45.10 -12 18.3 2.831 3.189 101.3 18.2 11.6 2008 07 29 14 47.25 -12 33.4 2.895 3.184 97.1 18.4 11.6
