(18) Melpomene
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552
(18) Melpomene
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 Goffin
M 270.57530 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.28336744 Peri. 227.84628 +0.94336230 -0.32028404
a 2.2956345 Node 150.52294 +0.33175965 +0.90931953
e 0.2186777 Incl. 10.12678 +0.00176323 +0.26562402
P 3.48 H 6.51 G 0.25 U 0
From 4910 observations at 95 oppositions, 1852-2003, mean residual 0".55.
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 06 30 00 21.23 +01 40.6 1.552 1.894 92.7 32.4 10.1 2009 07 05 00 29.55 +02 03.6 1.495 1.886 95.4 32.5 10.0 2009 07 10 00 37.64 +02 22.5 1.440 1.877 98.2 32.4 9.9 2009 07 15 00 45.47 +02 37.1 1.386 1.869 101.0 32.3 9.8 2009 07 20 00 53.00 +02 46.9 1.333 1.861 104.0 32.0 9.7 2009 07 25 01 00.17 +02 51.3 1.281 1.854 107.1 31.6 9.6 2009 07 30 01 06.95 +02 50.0 1.230 1.847 110.3 31.0 9.5 2009 08 04 01 13.27 +02 42.7 1.182 1.840 113.6 30.3 9.4 2009 08 09 01 19.10 +02 28.9 1.135 1.834 117.1 29.5 9.2 2009 08 14 01 24.36 +02 08.4 1.090 1.828 120.7 28.4 9.1 2009 08 19 01 28.99 +01 40.7 1.047 1.823 124.5 27.2 9.0 2009 08 24 01 32.91 +01 05.8 1.007 1.818 128.5 25.8 8.9 2009 08 29 01 36.07 +00 23.8 0.970 1.813 132.6 24.2 8.7 2009 09 03 01 38.42 -00 25.1 0.936 1.809 136.9 22.4 8.6 2009 09 08 01 39.93 -01 20.3 0.906 1.806 141.4 20.4 8.5 2009 09 13 01 40.56 -02 21.1 0.879 1.803 145.9 18.2 8.3 2009 09 18 01 40.32 -03 26.3 0.856 1.800 150.4 16.0 8.2 2009 09 23 01 39.25 -04 34.1 0.839 1.798 154.8 13.8 8.1 2009 09 28 01 37.42 -05 42.6 0.825 1.796 158.7 11.7 8.0 2009 10 03 01 34.96 -06 49.6 0.817 1.795 161.8 10.0 7.9 2009 10 08 01 32.02 -07 52.7 0.814 1.795 163.4 9.2 7.9 2009 10 13 01 28.77 -08 49.9 0.816 1.795 163.0 9.4 7.9 2009 10 18 01 25.42 -09 39.0 0.824 1.795 160.8 10.5 7.9 2009 10 23 01 22.17 -10 18.4 0.836 1.796 157.3 12.4 8.0 2009 10 28 01 19.23 -10 47.1 0.854 1.797 153.1 14.5 8.2 2009 11 02 01 16.78 -11 04.7 0.876 1.799 148.7 16.7 8.3 2009 11 07 01 14.94 -11 11.2 0.902 1.802 144.1 18.8 8.4 2009 11 12 01 13.79 -11 07.0 0.932 1.804 139.6 20.8 8.5 2009 11 17 01 13.42 -10 52.9 0.966 1.808 135.2 22.7 8.7 2009 11 22 01 13.85 -10 29.5 1.004 1.812 130.9 24.3 8.8 2009 11 27 01 15.10 -09 58.0 1.044 1.816 126.8 25.8 8.9 2009 12 02 01 17.12 -09 19.5 1.087 1.821 122.8 27.1 9.1 2009 12 07 01 19.90 -08 34.9 1.132 1.826 119.0 28.2 9.2 2009 12 12 01 23.37 -07 45.0 1.180 1.831 115.3 29.1 9.3 2009 12 17 01 27.50 -06 50.8 1.229 1.838 111.8 29.8 9.4 2009 12 22 01 32.25 -05 53.0 1.280 1.844 108.3 30.4 9.5 2009 12 27 01 37.56 -04 52.2 1.333 1.851 105.1 30.9 9.6
