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(182) Elsa

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
   (182) Elsa
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Williams
M 260.63237              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26230710     Peri.  310.31635     +0.53581508     -0.84367460
a   2.4169223      Node   107.25421     +0.78488273     +0.48311682
e   0.1850833      Incl.    2.00409     +0.31122547     +0.23411813
P   3.76           H    9.12          G   0.15           U   1
From 234 observations at 38 oppositions, 1908-2000, mean residual 0".82.
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 10 17    04 36.02   +19 04.2    1.149    1.973   133.6    21.5    11.9
2008 10 22    04 35.97   +19 02.3    1.112    1.971   138.6    19.5    11.8
2008 10 27    04 34.95   +18 59.0    1.079    1.970   143.8    17.3    11.7
2008 11 01    04 32.98   +18 54.6    1.050    1.969   149.2    14.9    11.5
2008 11 06    04 30.12   +18 49.1    1.026    1.969   154.9    12.3    11.4
2008 11 11    04 26.48   +18 42.8    1.007    1.969   160.7     9.5    11.2
2008 11 16    04 22.20   +18 35.9    0.994    1.969   166.7     6.6    11.1
2008 11 21    04 17.46   +18 28.7    0.986    1.970   172.6     3.7    10.9
2008 11 26    04 12.48   +18 21.6    0.985    1.971   177.2     1.4    10.7
2008 12 01    04 07.48   +18 15.1    0.989    1.972   173.8     3.1    10.9
2008 12 06    04 02.71   +18 09.7    1.000    1.974   167.9     6.0    11.1
2008 12 11    03 58.39   +18 05.9    1.016    1.976   161.9     8.9    11.2
2008 12 16    03 54.69   +18 04.1    1.039    1.978   156.0    11.7    11.4
2008 12 21    03 51.74   +18 04.8    1.066    1.981   150.2    14.3    11.6
2008 12 26    03 49.65   +18 08.1    1.099    1.984   144.7    16.6    11.7

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