(18) Melpomene
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552
(18) Melpomene
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin
M 157.06559 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.28349316 Peri. 227.93923 +0.94279171 -0.32196665
a 2.2949558 Node 150.53225 +0.33337473 +0.90873185
e 0.2188204 Incl. 10.12669 +0.00225624 +0.26560103
P 3.48 H 6.51 G 0.25 U 0
From 4910 observations at 95 oppositions, 1852-2003, 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 object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2008 02 10 14 54.77 -07 16.7 2.497 2.795 97.0 20.5 11.6 2008 02 15 14 57.89 -07 07.3 2.427 2.793 101.3 20.3 11.6 2008 02 20 15 00.52 -06 54.7 2.358 2.792 105.7 19.9 11.5 2008 02 25 15 02.62 -06 38.7 2.290 2.790 110.2 19.4 11.4 2008 03 01 15 04.17 -06 19.5 2.224 2.789 114.8 18.8 11.3 2008 03 06 15 05.13 -05 57.1 2.161 2.787 119.5 18.0 11.2 2008 03 11 15 05.46 -05 31.6 2.100 2.785 124.4 17.1 11.1 2008 03 16 15 05.15 -05 03.2 2.043 2.782 129.3 16.1 11.0 2008 03 21 15 04.19 -04 32.1 1.990 2.780 134.4 14.8 11.0 2008 03 26 15 02.59 -03 58.8 1.941 2.777 139.5 13.5 10.9 2008 03 31 15 00.36 -03 23.7 1.898 2.774 144.7 12.0 10.8 2008 04 05 14 57.52 -02 47.3 1.860 2.771 149.8 10.5 10.7 2008 04 10 14 54.14 -02 10.3 1.828 2.767 154.7 8.9 10.6 2008 04 15 14 50.28 -01 33.5 1.802 2.764 159.3 7.4 10.5 2008 04 20 14 46.04 -00 57.7 1.783 2.760 163.0 6.1 10.4 2008 04 25 14 41.53 -00 23.8 1.771 2.756 165.1 5.4 10.3 2008 04 30 14 36.85 +00 07.5 1.766 2.752 165.0 5.4 10.3 2008 05 05 14 32.13 +00 35.4 1.768 2.747 162.6 6.3 10.4 2008 05 10 14 27.51 +00 59.3 1.777 2.743 158.8 7.6 10.4 2008 05 15 14 23.09 +01 18.5 1.792 2.738 154.2 9.2 10.5 2008 05 20 14 19.00 +01 32.9 1.813 2.733 149.3 10.9 10.6 2008 05 25 14 15.32 +01 42.2 1.840 2.727 144.3 12.5 10.7 2008 05 30 14 12.13 +01 46.4 1.873 2.722 139.2 14.1 10.7 2008 06 04 14 09.47 +01 45.5 1.910 2.716 134.2 15.5 10.8 2008 06 09 14 07.40 +01 39.9 1.951 2.711 129.3 16.9 10.9 2008 06 14 14 05.93 +01 29.7 1.997 2.705 124.5 18.0 11.0 2008 06 19 14 05.08 +01 15.3 2.045 2.698 119.8 19.1 11.1 2008 06 24 14 04.83 +00 57.0 2.096 2.692 115.3 20.0 11.1 2008 06 29 14 05.18 +00 35.3 2.149 2.685 110.9 20.7 11.2 2008 07 04 14 06.10 +00 10.4 2.204 2.679 106.6 21.3 11.3 2008 07 09 14 07.58 -00 17.3 2.260 2.672 102.5 21.8 11.3 2008 07 14 14 09.59 -00 47.4 2.318 2.665 98.5 22.2 11.4 2008 07 19 14 12.10 -01 19.7 2.375 2.657 94.6 22.4 11.5
