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Minor Planet Center

(216) Kleopatra

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
   (216) Kleopatra
Epoch 2007 Oct. 27.0 TT = JDT 2454400.5                 Goffin
M 265.36336              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21052076     Peri.  179.67391     +0.81659320     -0.56195604
a   2.7985910      Node   215.57234     +0.52906875     +0.82001839
e   0.2485123      Incl.   13.09867     +0.23078520     +0.10851381
P   4.68           H    7.30          G   0.29           U   0
From 1272 observations at 69 oppositions, 1880-1997, mean residual 0".52.
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 09    22 55.39   +08 03.6    2.221    2.444    90.1    24.5    11.9
2008 06 14    23 00.24   +08 52.5    2.151    2.431    93.3    24.6    11.8
2008 06 19    23 04.76   +09 40.0    2.081    2.419    96.6    24.7    11.8
2008 06 24    23 08.93   +10 25.7    2.012    2.407   100.0    24.6    11.7
2008 06 29    23 12.72   +11 09.5    1.945    2.394   103.4    24.4    11.6
2008 07 04    23 16.07   +11 50.7    1.878    2.382   107.0    24.1    11.5
2008 07 09    23 18.97   +12 29.1    1.813    2.370   110.6    23.7    11.4
2008 07 14    23 21.38   +13 04.0    1.750    2.358   114.4    23.1    11.3
2008 07 19    23 23.27   +13 35.2    1.688    2.347   118.2    22.4    11.2
2008 07 24    23 24.60   +14 02.0    1.630    2.335   122.2    21.6    11.1
2008 07 29    23 25.35   +14 23.8    1.573    2.324   126.4    20.6    11.0
2008 08 03    23 25.49   +14 39.9    1.520    2.313   130.6    19.5    10.8
2008 08 08    23 25.02   +14 49.7    1.470    2.302   135.0    18.2    10.7
2008 08 13    23 23.94   +14 52.6    1.424    2.291   139.5    16.7    10.6
2008 08 18    23 22.29   +14 48.2    1.382    2.280   144.0    15.1    10.5
2008 08 23    23 20.10   +14 35.9    1.345    2.270   148.5    13.4    10.4
2008 08 28    23 17.44   +14 15.5    1.313    2.260   153.0    11.7    10.3
2008 09 02    23 14.40   +13 46.9    1.286    2.250   157.1    10.0    10.1
2008 09 07    23 11.10   +13 10.4    1.264    2.240   160.7     8.6    10.0
2008 09 12    23 07.69   +12 26.7    1.249    2.231   163.0     7.6    10.0
2008 09 17    23 04.31   +11 36.8    1.239    2.222   163.6     7.3     9.9
2008 09 22    23 01.11   +10 41.8    1.236    2.213   162.2     8.0     9.9
2008 09 27    22 58.21   +09 43.2    1.238    2.204   159.2     9.3    10.0
2008 10 02    22 55.77   +08 42.6    1.247    2.196   155.2    11.0    10.1
2008 10 07    22 53.89   +07 41.7    1.261    2.188   150.7    12.9    10.1
2008 10 12    22 52.67   +06 42.0    1.280    2.180   146.0    14.8    10.2
2008 10 17    22 52.15   +05 44.9    1.305    2.173   141.1    16.7    10.3
2008 10 22    22 52.37   +04 51.5    1.334    2.166   136.3    18.5    10.4
2008 10 27    22 53.34   +04 02.8    1.368    2.159   131.6    20.1    10.5
2008 11 01    22 55.07   +03 19.4    1.405    2.153   126.9    21.6    10.6
2008 11 06    22 57.54   +02 41.8    1.445    2.147   122.4    22.9    10.7
2008 11 11    23 00.71   +02 10.3    1.489    2.141   118.1    24.1    10.8
2008 11 16    23 04.54   +01 44.8    1.535    2.136   113.8    25.1    10.8
2008 11 21    23 08.98   +01 25.4    1.583    2.131   109.8    25.9    10.9
2008 11 26    23 14.00   +01 11.8    1.633    2.126   105.8    26.5    11.0
2008 12 01    23 19.55   +01 04.0    1.684    2.122   102.0    27.0    11.1
2008 12 06    23 25.59   +01 01.6    1.737    2.118    98.4    27.4    11.2
2008 12 11    23 32.07   +01 04.2    1.791    2.115    94.8    27.6    11.2
2008 12 16    23 38.95   +01 11.7    1.845    2.112    91.4    27.8    11.3

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