(1) Ceres
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO110568
(1) Ceres
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 MPC
M 344.54526 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.21416052 Peri. 72.89564 -0.87733380 -0.44438176
a 2.7667916 Node 80.40448 +0.33991064 -0.84191064
e 0.0794746 Incl. 10.58571 +0.33874203 -0.30612305
P 4.60 H 3.34 G 0.12 U 0
From 6063 observations at 94 oppositions, 1802-2006, mean residual 0".61.
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 2009 01 01 11 17.33 +18 00.4 1.950 2.550 116.8 20.1 7.9 2009 01 06 11 19.26 +18 21.7 1.895 2.549 121.4 19.2 7.8 2009 01 11 11 20.53 +18 47.2 1.842 2.549 126.1 18.2 7.7 2009 01 16 11 21.13 +19 16.9 1.793 2.548 131.0 16.9 7.6 2009 01 21 11 21.02 +19 50.2 1.747 2.548 135.9 15.6 7.5 2009 01 26 11 20.19 +20 26.8 1.707 2.547 140.8 14.1 7.4 2009 01 31 11 18.64 +21 05.9 1.671 2.547 145.8 12.6 7.3 2009 02 05 11 16.42 +21 46.4 1.641 2.547 150.7 10.9 7.2 2009 02 10 11 13.57 +22 27.3 1.617 2.547 155.2 9.3 7.1 2009 02 15 11 10.16 +23 07.4 1.599 2.547 159.2 7.9 7.0 2009 02 20 11 06.30 +23 45.5 1.588 2.547 162.1 6.9 6.9 2009 02 25 11 02.10 +24 20.4 1.583 2.547 163.3 6.4 6.9 2009 03 02 10 57.72 +24 50.9 1.585 2.548 162.4 6.8 6.9 2009 03 07 10 53.30 +25 16.0 1.594 2.548 159.7 7.8 7.0 2009 03 12 10 49.01 +25 35.2 1.609 2.549 155.9 9.2 7.0 2009 03 17 10 44.99 +25 48.0 1.630 2.549 151.4 10.8 7.1 2009 03 22 10 41.35 +25 54.3 1.657 2.550 146.7 12.4 7.2 2009 03 27 10 38.21 +25 54.2 1.690 2.551 141.9 14.0 7.3 2009 04 01 10 35.66 +25 47.9 1.728 2.551 137.0 15.5 7.4 2009 04 06 10 33.76 +25 35.7 1.769 2.552 132.3 16.9 7.5 2009 04 11 10 32.53 +25 18.2 1.815 2.553 127.6 18.1 7.6 2009 04 16 10 31.98 +24 56.0 1.865 2.554 123.0 19.2 7.7 2009 04 21 10 32.10 +24 29.4 1.917 2.556 118.6 20.2 7.8 2009 04 26 10 32.87 +23 58.9 1.972 2.557 114.3 21.0 7.9 2009 05 01 10 34.28 +23 25.0 2.030 2.558 110.2 21.7 8.0 2009 05 06 10 36.27 +22 48.0 2.089 2.560 106.2 22.2 8.1 2009 05 11 10 38.81 +22 08.4 2.149 2.561 102.3 22.7 8.2 2009 05 16 10 41.86 +21 26.3 2.210 2.563 98.5 23.0 8.2 2009 05 21 10 45.37 +20 42.2 2.273 2.565 94.8 23.2 8.3
