(20) Massalia
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662
(20) Massalia
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5 Goffin
M 196.70737 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.26326199 Peri. 255.95765 -0.21381695 -0.97685838
a 2.4110744 Node 206.39040 +0.90095413 -0.19502860
e 0.1417973 Incl. 0.70635 +0.37757643 -0.08781547
P 3.74 H 6.50 G 0.25 U 0
From 1670 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-2001, mean residual 0".54.
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 12.53 +01 58.9 2.265 2.556 94.6 23.4 11.3 2009 07 05 00 16.37 +02 24.1 2.195 2.549 98.3 23.2 11.2 2009 07 10 00 19.82 +02 46.7 2.126 2.542 102.1 23.0 11.1 2009 07 15 00 22.82 +03 06.5 2.058 2.535 106.1 22.7 11.0 2009 07 20 00 25.36 +03 23.1 1.991 2.528 110.1 22.2 10.9 2009 07 25 00 27.37 +03 36.3 1.926 2.521 114.4 21.5 10.9 2009 07 30 00 28.84 +03 45.9 1.863 2.514 118.7 20.7 10.8 2009 08 04 00 29.72 +03 51.7 1.802 2.507 123.3 19.8 10.6 2009 08 09 00 29.99 +03 53.5 1.744 2.499 128.0 18.6 10.5 2009 08 14 00 29.62 +03 51.1 1.689 2.492 132.9 17.3 10.4 2009 08 19 00 28.59 +03 44.4 1.639 2.485 138.0 15.8 10.3 2009 08 24 00 26.90 +03 33.3 1.592 2.477 143.3 14.1 10.2 2009 08 29 00 24.57 +03 17.8 1.550 2.470 148.7 12.3 10.1 2009 09 03 00 21.64 +02 58.3 1.514 2.462 154.4 10.2 9.9 2009 09 08 00 18.17 +02 35.1 1.483 2.454 160.1 8.0 9.8 2009 09 13 00 14.24 +02 08.7 1.458 2.447 166.1 5.7 9.7 2009 09 18 00 09.96 +01 39.7 1.440 2.439 172.1 3.2 9.5 2009 09 23 00 05.45 +01 09.0 1.428 2.431 178.2 0.7 9.3 2009 09 28 00 00.87 +00 37.6 1.423 2.424 175.5 1.8 9.4 2009 10 03 23 56.36 +00 06.5 1.425 2.416 169.4 4.4 9.5 2009 10 08 23 52.08 -00 23.2 1.434 2.408 163.3 6.8 9.6 2009 10 13 23 48.15 -00 50.7 1.448 2.400 157.3 9.2 9.7 2009 10 18 23 44.70 -01 15.3 1.469 2.392 151.4 11.5 9.8 2009 10 23 23 41.82 -01 36.0 1.496 2.384 145.6 13.6 9.9 2009 10 28 23 39.60 -01 52.5 1.528 2.376 140.0 15.6 10.0 2009 11 02 23 38.08 -02 04.5 1.564 2.368 134.6 17.4 10.1 2009 11 07 23 37.28 -02 11.7 1.604 2.360 129.3 18.9 10.2 2009 11 12 23 37.20 -02 14.2 1.648 2.353 124.3 20.3 10.3 2009 11 17 23 37.85 -02 11.9 1.695 2.345 119.4 21.6 10.4 2009 11 22 23 39.20 -02 05.0 1.744 2.337 114.7 22.6 10.5 2009 11 27 23 41.23 -01 53.7 1.796 2.329 110.2 23.4 10.6 2009 12 02 23 43.89 -01 38.1 1.849 2.321 105.9 24.1 10.7 2009 12 07 23 47.14 -01 18.6 1.903 2.313 101.7 24.7 10.7 2009 12 12 23 50.95 -00 55.4 1.958 2.305 97.6 25.0 10.8 2009 12 17 23 55.27 -00 28.7 2.013 2.297 93.7 25.3 10.9
