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Minor Planet Center

(124) Alkeste

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25716:
   (124) Alkeste
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Goffin
M 322.41610              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23112512     Peri.   63.30547     -0.31768745     +0.94816719
a   2.6296904      Node   188.18159     -0.88722374     -0.29997633
e   0.0766949      Incl.    2.95097     -0.33452761     -0.10484840
P   4.26           H    8.11          G   0.19           U   0
From 418 observations at 70 oppositions, 1872-1994, mean residual 1".02.
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 05 20    18 35.65   -18 44.6    1.564    2.432   140.6    15.3    11.8
2008 05 25    18 33.67   -18 38.2    1.527    2.433   145.8    13.5    11.7
2008 05 30    18 31.02   -18 32.9    1.496    2.434   151.1    11.6    11.6
2008 06 04    18 27.73   -18 28.8    1.470    2.435   156.6     9.5    11.5
2008 06 09    18 23.91   -18 25.8    1.450    2.436   162.1     7.4    11.4
2008 06 14    18 19.68   -18 23.9    1.436    2.437   167.5     5.2    11.2
2008 06 19    18 15.17   -18 23.1    1.427    2.438   172.5     3.1    11.1
2008 06 24    18 10.51   -18 23.3    1.426    2.440   175.0     2.1    11.0
2008 06 29    18 05.87   -18 24.4    1.430    2.441   172.1     3.3    11.1
2008 07 04    18 01.40   -18 26.5    1.441    2.443   167.1     5.3    11.3
2008 07 09    17 57.23   -18 29.5    1.459    2.445   161.6     7.5    11.4
2008 07 14    17 53.52   -18 33.4    1.482    2.447   156.2     9.7    11.5
2008 07 19    17 50.35   -18 38.2    1.511    2.448   150.8    11.7    11.6
2008 07 24    17 47.81   -18 43.9    1.545    2.450   145.5    13.6    11.7
2008 07 29    17 45.94   -18 50.3    1.584    2.452   140.3    15.3    11.9

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