(20) Massalia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(20) Massalia
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 Goffin
M 91.72147 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26364621 Peri. 255.49236 -0.20786400 -0.97814224
a 2.4087313 Node 206.50678 +0.90212678 -0.18952782
e 0.1426740 Incl. 0.70697 +0.37810028 -0.08553930
P 3.74 H 6.50 G 0.25 U 0
From 1670 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-2001, 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 03 21 17 39.43 -22 52.8 2.370 2.656 95.4 21.9 11.4 2008 03 26 17 43.11 -22 52.9 2.307 2.660 99.5 21.7 11.4 2008 03 31 17 46.23 -22 52.4 2.245 2.665 103.7 21.4 11.3 2008 04 05 17 48.74 -22 51.5 2.185 2.670 108.1 20.9 11.2 2008 04 10 17 50.62 -22 50.2 2.125 2.675 112.5 20.2 11.2 2008 04 15 17 51.82 -22 48.7 2.068 2.679 117.2 19.5 11.1 2008 04 20 17 52.33 -22 47.0 2.013 2.683 121.9 18.5 11.0 2008 04 25 17 52.12 -22 45.1 1.961 2.688 126.9 17.4 10.9 2008 04 30 17 51.18 -22 43.0 1.912 2.692 131.9 16.2 10.8 2008 05 05 17 49.51 -22 40.8 1.867 2.696 137.2 14.7 10.7 2008 05 10 17 47.13 -22 38.3 1.827 2.699 142.6 13.1 10.6 2008 05 15 17 44.06 -22 35.5 1.792 2.703 148.1 11.4 10.5 2008 05 20 17 40.38 -22 32.3 1.762 2.707 153.8 9.5 10.4 2008 05 25 17 36.16 -22 28.5 1.738 2.710 159.5 7.5 10.3 2008 05 30 17 31.50 -22 24.3 1.720 2.714 165.4 5.4 10.2 2008 06 04 17 26.51 -22 19.4 1.709 2.717 171.3 3.2 10.1 2008 06 09 17 21.33 -22 14.0 1.705 2.720 177.2 1.0 10.0 2008 06 14 17 16.11 -22 08.1 1.708 2.723 176.5 1.3 10.0 2008 06 19 17 11.00 -22 02.0 1.718 2.725 170.6 3.5 10.1 2008 06 24 17 06.13 -21 55.8 1.734 2.728 164.7 5.6 10.3 2008 06 29 17 01.61 -21 49.7 1.757 2.731 158.9 7.7 10.4 2008 07 04 16 57.57 -21 44.1 1.787 2.733 153.2 9.6 10.5 2008 07 09 16 54.08 -21 39.2 1.822 2.735 147.6 11.5 10.6 2008 07 14 16 51.22 -21 35.2 1.862 2.737 142.2 13.2 10.7 2008 07 19 16 49.03 -21 32.2 1.908 2.739 136.9 14.7 10.8 2008 07 24 16 47.51 -21 30.5 1.957 2.741 131.8 16.0 10.9 2008 07 29 16 46.69 -21 30.0 2.011 2.743 126.8 17.2 11.0 2008 08 03 16 46.55 -21 30.7 2.068 2.745 122.0 18.3 11.1 2008 08 08 16 47.09 -21 32.7 2.128 2.746 117.4 19.1 11.2 2008 08 13 16 48.28 -21 35.7 2.190 2.747 112.9 19.9 11.3 2008 08 18 16 50.09 -21 39.8 2.255 2.749 108.5 20.4 11.4 2008 08 23 16 52.47 -21 44.8 2.320 2.750 104.2 20.9 11.4 2008 08 28 16 55.41 -21 50.5 2.387 2.751 100.1 21.2 11.5 2008 09 02 16 58.88 -21 56.7 2.455 2.751 96.1 21.4 11.6 2008 09 07 17 02.83 -22 03.2 2.523 2.752 92.1 21.5 11.6
