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Minor Planet Center

(130) Elektra

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 27886:
   (130) Elektra
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Goffin
M 279.00291              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17838572     Peri.  234.92942     +0.90078435     -0.37437773
a   3.1253308      Node   145.48569     +0.39790523     +0.91452305
e   0.2094976      Incl.   22.85427     -0.17395109     +0.15326091
P   5.53           H    7.12          G   0.15           U   0
From 364 observations at 62 oppositions, 1873-1995, mean residual 0".95.
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 06 29    23 08.80   -05 25.2    2.124    2.668   111.4    20.8    11.9
2008 07 04    23 11.51   -05 47.3    2.056    2.660   115.7    20.2    11.8
2008 07 09    23 13.76   -06 14.9    1.991    2.651   120.1    19.4    11.7
2008 07 14    23 15.50   -06 48.2    1.929    2.643   124.7    18.4    11.6
2008 07 19    23 16.74   -07 27.4    1.870    2.635   129.4    17.3    11.5
2008 07 24    23 17.43   -08 12.6    1.816    2.627   134.3    16.1    11.4
2008 07 29    23 17.57   -09 03.6    1.765    2.619   139.3    14.7    11.3
2008 08 03    23 17.15   -10 00.3    1.719    2.612   144.4    13.1    11.1
2008 08 08    23 16.17   -11 02.2    1.679    2.604   149.6    11.4    11.0
2008 08 13    23 14.67   -12 08.4    1.644    2.597   154.8     9.6    10.9
2008 08 18    23 12.69   -13 18.2    1.616    2.590   160.0     7.7    10.8
2008 08 23    23 10.28   -14 30.2    1.594    2.583   164.7     5.9    10.7
2008 08 28    23 07.52   -15 43.1    1.578    2.576   168.5     4.5    10.6
2008 09 02    23 04.49   -16 55.6    1.570    2.569   169.8     4.0    10.5
2008 09 07    23 01.33   -18 05.9    1.569    2.563   167.9     4.7    10.5
2008 09 12    22 58.14   -19 12.8    1.574    2.557   163.9     6.3    10.6
2008 09 17    22 55.06   -20 14.8    1.587    2.550   159.0     8.1    10.7
2008 09 22    22 52.20   -21 11.0    1.605    2.545   153.8    10.0    10.8
2008 09 27    22 49.67   -22 00.6    1.630    2.539   148.5    11.9    10.9
2008 10 02    22 47.57   -22 43.1    1.660    2.533   143.2    13.7    11.0
2008 10 07    22 45.99   -23 18.2    1.696    2.528   138.0    15.4    11.1
2008 10 12    22 44.99   -23 45.8    1.736    2.523   132.9    16.9    11.2
2008 10 17    22 44.61   -24 06.3    1.780    2.518   127.9    18.2    11.3
2008 10 22    22 44.86   -24 19.8    1.827    2.513   123.1    19.4    11.4
2008 10 27    22 45.75   -24 26.7    1.878    2.509   118.5    20.4    11.5
2008 11 01    22 47.29   -24 27.4    1.931    2.505   114.0    21.2    11.6
2008 11 06    22 49.44   -24 22.4    1.986    2.501   109.7    21.9    11.7
2008 11 11    22 52.20   -24 12.1    2.043    2.497   105.5    22.5    11.7
2008 11 16    22 55.51   -23 57.0    2.101    2.494   101.5    22.9    11.8
2008 11 21    22 59.34   -23 37.5    2.160    2.490    97.6    23.2    11.9
2008 11 26    23 03.66   -23 13.8    2.219    2.487    93.8    23.3    11.9

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