(17) Thetis
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 38747:
(17) Thetis
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Williams
M 317.52208 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.25395079 Peri. 136.07668 -0.14193992 +0.98670485
a 2.4696553 Node 125.60806 -0.93294338 -0.10661771
e 0.1345796 Incl. 5.58762 -0.33086207 -0.12266297
P 3.88 H 7.76 G 0.15 U 0
From 869 observations at 73 oppositions, 1853-1999, mean residual 0".88.
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 04 20 19 34.47 -17 09.4 1.759 2.138 97.6 27.8 11.9 2008 04 25 19 40.28 -16 56.3 1.704 2.138 101.0 27.5 11.8 2008 04 30 19 45.54 -16 44.1 1.650 2.139 104.6 27.1 11.7 2008 05 05 19 50.21 -16 33.4 1.597 2.140 108.3 26.6 11.6 2008 05 10 19 54.26 -16 24.5 1.545 2.141 112.1 25.9 11.5 2008 05 15 19 57.63 -16 17.8 1.495 2.142 116.1 25.1 11.4 2008 05 20 20 00.30 -16 13.6 1.447 2.144 120.3 24.0 11.3 2008 05 25 20 02.23 -16 12.4 1.402 2.146 124.6 22.9 11.2 2008 05 30 20 03.39 -16 14.4 1.359 2.148 129.2 21.5 11.1 2008 06 04 20 03.74 -16 20.0 1.319 2.150 133.9 19.9 11.0 2008 06 09 20 03.28 -16 29.2 1.282 2.152 138.8 18.1 10.9 2008 06 14 20 02.01 -16 42.2 1.250 2.155 143.9 16.1 10.8 2008 06 19 19 59.97 -16 58.9 1.221 2.158 149.2 14.0 10.7 2008 06 24 19 57.22 -17 18.9 1.198 2.161 154.6 11.6 10.5 2008 06 29 19 53.81 -17 42.0 1.180 2.164 160.2 9.1 10.4 2008 07 04 19 49.88 -18 07.6 1.167 2.167 166.0 6.5 10.3 2008 07 09 19 45.55 -18 35.1 1.160 2.171 171.7 3.9 10.1 2008 07 14 19 41.01 -19 03.7 1.159 2.175 177.0 1.4 10.0 2008 07 19 19 36.42 -19 32.5 1.164 2.179 175.6 2.1 10.0 2008 07 24 19 31.97 -20 01.0 1.175 2.183 170.0 4.6 10.2 2008 07 29 19 27.82 -20 28.5 1.192 2.187 164.3 7.2 10.4 2008 08 03 19 24.12 -20 54.5 1.215 2.192 158.6 9.7 10.5 2008 08 08 19 21.03 -21 18.6 1.244 2.196 153.1 12.1 10.7 2008 08 13 19 18.65 -21 40.5 1.277 2.201 147.7 14.2 10.8 2008 08 18 19 17.03 -21 59.9 1.315 2.206 142.5 16.2 10.9 2008 08 23 19 16.22 -22 17.0 1.358 2.211 137.5 18.0 11.1 2008 08 28 19 16.22 -22 31.5 1.404 2.216 132.6 19.6 11.2 2008 09 02 19 17.04 -22 43.6 1.454 2.222 127.9 21.0 11.3 2008 09 07 19 18.66 -22 53.2 1.507 2.227 123.4 22.2 11.5 2008 09 12 19 21.04 -23 00.2 1.563 2.233 119.1 23.2 11.6 2008 09 17 19 24.14 -23 04.8 1.621 2.239 114.9 24.0 11.7 2008 09 22 19 27.90 -23 07.0 1.682 2.245 110.9 24.7 11.8 2008 09 27 19 32.28 -23 06.7 1.744 2.251 107.0 25.2 11.9
