(16) Psyche
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:
(16) Psyche
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 Goffin
M 260.28720 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.19742776 Peri. 227.49245 +0.95150359 -0.30647344
a 2.9209934 Node 150.32500 +0.29571559 +0.88720616
e 0.1392502 Incl. 3.09598 +0.08481283 +0.34487571
P 4.99 H 5.90 G 0.20 U 0
From 1831 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-1998, mean residual 0".53.
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 05 11 21 09.19 -14 17.3 2.548 2.819 94.9 20.9 11.1 2009 05 16 21 12.94 -14 00.4 2.475 2.812 98.7 20.8 11.1 2009 05 21 21 16.28 -13 45.2 2.403 2.805 102.7 20.6 11.0 2009 05 26 21 19.16 -13 32.0 2.332 2.798 106.8 20.3 10.9 2009 05 31 21 21.57 -13 21.0 2.263 2.791 111.0 19.8 10.8 2009 06 05 21 23.47 -13 12.5 2.196 2.784 115.3 19.2 10.7 2009 06 10 21 24.85 -13 06.6 2.131 2.777 119.7 18.5 10.7 2009 06 15 21 25.67 -13 03.5 2.069 2.771 124.3 17.6 10.6 2009 06 20 21 25.93 -13 03.5 2.009 2.764 129.0 16.6 10.5 2009 06 25 21 25.59 -13 06.6 1.954 2.757 133.8 15.4 10.4 2009 06 30 21 24.66 -13 13.0 1.902 2.750 138.8 14.1 10.2 2009 07 05 21 23.15 -13 22.5 1.855 2.743 144.0 12.6 10.1 2009 07 10 21 21.09 -13 35.0 1.813 2.737 149.3 10.9 10.0 2009 07 15 21 18.49 -13 50.4 1.776 2.730 154.7 9.1 9.9 2009 07 20 21 15.43 -14 08.4 1.745 2.724 160.3 7.2 9.8 2009 07 25 21 11.95 -14 28.6 1.721 2.717 165.9 5.2 9.7 2009 07 30 21 08.17 -14 50.3 1.702 2.711 171.7 3.1 9.5 2009 08 04 21 04.19 -15 13.1 1.691 2.704 177.2 1.0 9.3 2009 08 09 21 00.13 -15 36.4 1.686 2.698 176.3 1.4 9.4 2009 08 14 20 56.11 -15 59.5 1.687 2.692 170.6 3.5 9.5 2009 08 19 20 52.24 -16 22.0 1.696 2.686 164.9 5.6 9.6 2009 08 24 20 48.65 -16 43.1 1.710 2.679 159.1 7.7 9.7 2009 08 29 20 45.46 -17 02.6 1.731 2.673 153.5 9.7 9.8 2009 09 03 20 42.76 -17 19.9 1.758 2.667 148.0 11.6 9.9 2009 09 08 20 40.61 -17 35.0 1.790 2.662 142.6 13.3 10.0 2009 09 13 20 39.07 -17 47.5 1.827 2.656 137.3 14.9 10.1 2009 09 18 20 38.17 -17 57.4 1.868 2.650 132.2 16.3 10.2 2009 09 23 20 37.94 -18 04.5 1.914 2.644 127.2 17.6 10.3 2009 09 28 20 38.39 -18 08.9 1.963 2.639 122.4 18.7 10.4 2009 10 03 20 39.49 -18 10.6 2.014 2.633 117.7 19.7 10.4 2009 10 08 20 41.23 -18 09.5 2.068 2.628 113.2 20.5 10.5 2009 10 13 20 43.59 -18 05.8 2.125 2.623 108.8 21.1 10.6 2009 10 18 20 46.52 -17 59.4 2.183 2.618 104.6 21.6 10.7 2009 10 23 20 50.01 -17 50.3 2.242 2.612 100.4 22.0 10.7 2009 10 28 20 54.01 -17 38.7 2.302 2.608 96.4 22.3 10.8
