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Minor Planet Center

(41) Daphne

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31778:
    (41) Daphne
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Goffin
M 311.75514              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21441256     Peri.   46.29531     -0.71306331     +0.70104467
a   2.7646229      Node   178.14812     -0.69561820     -0.70586982
e   0.2718078      Incl.   15.76608     -0.08749880     -0.10141095
P   4.60           H    7.12          G   0.10           U   0
From 618 observations at 67 oppositions, 1856-1997, 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 01 06    12 51.17   -08 38.5    1.997    2.222    89.8    26.3    11.6
2008 01 11    12 57.95   -08 54.5    1.925    2.210    93.2    26.4    11.5
2008 01 16    13 04.46   -09 06.2    1.854    2.199    96.8    26.4    11.4
2008 01 21    13 10.67   -09 13.3    1.784    2.187   100.4    26.3    11.3
2008 01 26    13 16.52   -09 15.3    1.715    2.176   104.1    26.0    11.2
2008 01 31    13 21.99   -09 11.9    1.647    2.165   108.0    25.6    11.1
2008 02 05    13 27.03   -09 02.5    1.582    2.154   112.0    25.1    11.0
2008 02 10    13 31.57   -08 46.6    1.518    2.144   116.1    24.4    10.9
2008 02 15    13 35.58   -08 24.0    1.457    2.134   120.3    23.5    10.8
2008 02 20    13 39.01   -07 54.3    1.399    2.124   124.8    22.5    10.6
2008 02 25    13 41.82   -07 17.2    1.344    2.115   129.3    21.2    10.5
2008 03 01    13 43.96   -06 32.5    1.292    2.106   134.1    19.8    10.4
2008 03 06    13 45.41   -05 40.3    1.245    2.097   138.9    18.1    10.2
2008 03 11    13 46.14   -04 40.8    1.202    2.089   144.0    16.3    10.1
2008 03 16    13 46.17   -03 34.5    1.164    2.081   149.0    14.2     9.9
2008 03 21    13 45.52   -02 22.5    1.131    2.073   154.1    12.1     9.7
2008 03 26    13 44.24   -01 05.8    1.103    2.066   159.1     9.9     9.6
2008 03 31    13 42.40   +00 14.0    1.082    2.059   163.5     7.9     9.5
2008 04 05    13 40.10   +01 35.0    1.066    2.053   166.8     6.4     9.3
2008 04 10    13 37.48   +02 55.0    1.057    2.047   167.8     5.9     9.3
2008 04 15    13 34.69   +04 11.9    1.054    2.042   166.0     6.8     9.3
2008 04 20    13 31.89   +05 23.6    1.056    2.037   162.3     8.6     9.4
2008 04 25    13 29.24   +06 28.6    1.065    2.032   157.7    10.8     9.5
2008 04 30    13 26.86   +07 25.3    1.079    2.028   152.8    13.1     9.6
2008 05 05    13 24.90   +08 12.9    1.098    2.025   147.8    15.4     9.8
2008 05 10    13 23.46   +08 50.6    1.122    2.021   142.9    17.5     9.9
2008 05 15    13 22.63   +09 18.4    1.150    2.019   138.1    19.5    10.0
2008 05 20    13 22.46   +09 36.5    1.182    2.017   133.5    21.3    10.1
2008 05 25    13 22.97   +09 45.4    1.217    2.015   129.1    23.0    10.2
2008 05 30    13 24.16   +09 45.7    1.254    2.014   124.9    24.4    10.3
2008 06 04    13 26.03   +09 38.1    1.295    2.013   120.8    25.6    10.5
2008 06 09    13 28.56   +09 23.1    1.337    2.013   117.0    26.7    10.6
2008 06 14    13 31.73   +09 01.7    1.382    2.013   113.3    27.6    10.7
2008 06 19    13 35.50   +08 34.6    1.428    2.014   109.9    28.3    10.7
2008 06 24    13 39.82   +08 02.5    1.475    2.016   106.5    28.9    10.8
2008 06 29    13 44.66   +07 26.1    1.524    2.017   103.3    29.4    10.9
2008 07 04    13 49.98   +06 45.8    1.574    2.020   100.2    29.7    11.0
2008 07 09    13 55.76   +06 02.3    1.624    2.022    97.3    29.9    11.1
2008 07 14    14 01.96   +05 16.2    1.675    2.026    94.4    30.0    11.2
2008 07 19    14 08.54   +04 27.8    1.727    2.030    91.7    30.0    11.2

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