(52) Europa
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:
(52) Europa
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5 (M-c) Goffin
M 196.73996 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.18087491 Peri. 343.96510 -0.38800297 -0.91604955
a 3.0965908 Node 128.75129 +0.85926445 -0.39937482
e 0.1051891 Incl. 7.47996 +0.33334412 -0.03678289
P 5.45 H 6.31 G 0.18
From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.
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 07 19 00 22.78 -03 35.4 2.731 3.261 112.7 16.7 11.9 2008 07 24 00 23.87 -03 43.6 2.664 3.257 117.2 16.1 11.8 2008 07 29 00 24.50 -03 55.1 2.600 3.252 121.9 15.4 11.8 2008 08 03 00 24.66 -04 09.9 2.538 3.248 126.7 14.5 11.7 2008 08 08 00 24.34 -04 27.9 2.481 3.244 131.6 13.5 11.6 2008 08 13 00 23.53 -04 48.9 2.427 3.239 136.6 12.4 11.5 2008 08 18 00 22.24 -05 12.8 2.379 3.235 141.7 11.2 11.4 2008 08 23 00 20.49 -05 39.2 2.335 3.230 147.0 9.8 11.3 2008 08 28 00 18.29 -06 07.7 2.297 3.226 152.3 8.4 11.2 2008 09 02 00 15.69 -06 37.9 2.265 3.221 157.6 6.9 11.1 2008 09 07 00 12.75 -07 09.1 2.240 3.216 162.7 5.3 11.0 2008 09 12 00 09.52 -07 40.7 2.222 3.212 167.5 3.9 10.9 2008 09 17 00 06.09 -08 12.0 2.211 3.207 171.1 2.8 10.8 2008 09 22 00 02.54 -08 42.2 2.206 3.202 171.5 2.7 10.8 2008 09 27 23 58.96 -09 10.8 2.209 3.198 168.4 3.6 10.9 2008 10 02 23 55.44 -09 36.9 2.220 3.193 163.8 5.0 11.0 2008 10 07 23 52.08 -10 00.1 2.237 3.188 158.6 6.6 11.1 2008 10 12 23 48.97 -10 19.9 2.261 3.183 153.2 8.1 11.1 2008 10 17 23 46.17 -10 36.0 2.291 3.178 147.7 9.6 11.2 2008 10 22 23 43.76 -10 48.1 2.327 3.174 142.3 11.0 11.3 2008 10 27 23 41.78 -10 56.2 2.369 3.169 137.0 12.4 11.4 2008 11 01 23 40.27 -11 00.1 2.415 3.164 131.8 13.5 11.5 2008 11 06 23 39.27 -10 59.9 2.466 3.159 126.6 14.6 11.6 2008 11 11 23 38.78 -10 55.8 2.520 3.154 121.6 15.5 11.6 2008 11 16 23 38.81 -10 47.9 2.578 3.149 116.7 16.3 11.7 2008 11 21 23 39.34 -10 36.5 2.639 3.144 111.9 16.9 11.8 2008 11 26 23 40.38 -10 21.7 2.701 3.139 107.2 17.5 11.8
