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(196) Philomela

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
   (196) Philomela
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Williams
M  58.59699              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17954133     Peri.  199.50378     +0.03335918     +0.99214312
a   3.1119056      Node    72.55436     -0.89936810     +0.08242051
e   0.0217203      Incl.    7.26117     -0.43591763     -0.09412168
P   5.49           H    6.54          G   0.15           U   0
From 742 observations at 58 oppositions, 1879-2000, mean residual 0".65.
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 09 07    03 02.50   +10 50.8    2.538    3.142   118.1    16.4    11.9
2008 09 12    03 02.65   +10 48.9    2.480    3.143   122.9    15.6    11.9
2008 09 17    03 02.24   +10 45.0    2.425    3.144   127.9    14.6    11.8
2008 09 22    03 01.29   +10 39.4    2.374    3.145   133.0    13.5    11.7
2008 09 27    02 59.77   +10 32.1    2.327    3.145   138.2    12.3    11.6
2008 10 02    02 57.72   +10 23.3    2.285    3.146   143.5    10.9    11.5
2008 10 07    02 55.17   +10 13.2    2.248    3.147   149.0     9.4    11.4
2008 10 12    02 52.16   +10 02.1    2.217    3.148   154.6     7.8    11.3
2008 10 17    02 48.75   +09 50.3    2.193    3.149   160.2     6.2    11.2
2008 10 22    02 45.02   +09 38.1    2.176    3.150   165.7     4.5    11.1
2008 10 27    02 41.06   +09 26.0    2.166    3.151   170.8     2.9    11.0
2008 11 01    02 36.95   +09 14.2    2.163    3.152   174.1     1.8    10.9
2008 11 06    02 32.82   +09 03.4    2.167    3.152   172.4     2.4    11.0
2008 11 11    02 28.77   +08 53.9    2.179    3.153   167.6     3.9    11.1
2008 11 16    02 24.90   +08 46.1    2.198    3.154   162.1     5.5    11.2
2008 11 21    02 21.30   +08 40.3    2.224    3.155   156.5     7.2    11.3
2008 11 26    02 18.05   +08 36.8    2.257    3.156   150.8     8.8    11.4
2008 12 01    02 15.22   +08 35.9    2.296    3.156   145.2    10.3    11.5
2008 12 06    02 12.87   +08 37.6    2.341    3.157   139.6    11.7    11.6
2008 12 11    02 11.04   +08 42.2    2.392    3.158   134.2    12.9    11.7
2008 12 16    02 09.74   +08 49.5    2.447    3.159   128.9    14.0    11.8
2008 12 21    02 08.99   +08 59.6    2.506    3.159   123.7    15.0    11.9
2008 12 26    02 08.79   +09 12.2    2.568    3.160   118.7    15.8    11.9

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