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Minor Planet Center

(24) Themis

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 53552
    (24) Themis
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M  39.61020              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.17802910     Peri.  107.82544     -0.80708016     -0.59039049
a   3.1295031      Node    35.99096     +0.53657626     -0.73889256
e   0.1315621      Incl.    0.75954     +0.24638897     -0.32477201
P   5.54           H    7.08          G   0.19           U   0
From 1795 observations at 108 oppositions, 1853-2003, mean residual 0".56.
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 04 01    15 18.26   -18 19.6    2.148    2.977   139.3    12.6    11.8
2009 04 06    15 16.20   -18 12.9    2.110    2.984   144.7    11.2    11.7
2009 04 11    15 13.61   -18 04.1    2.078    2.990   150.2     9.6    11.6
2009 04 16    15 10.56   -17 53.4    2.052    2.996   155.9     7.9    11.6
2009 04 21    15 07.12   -17 40.8    2.032    3.003   161.6     6.1    11.5
2009 04 26    15 03.37   -17 26.8    2.019    3.009   167.4     4.2    11.4
2009 05 01    14 59.42   -17 11.5    2.012    3.015   173.3     2.2    11.2
2009 05 06    14 55.38   -16 55.5    2.013    3.022   179.1     0.3    11.1
2009 05 11    14 51.36   -16 39.2    2.021    3.028   175.0     1.6    11.2
2009 05 16    14 47.46   -16 23.0    2.035    3.035   169.3     3.6    11.4
2009 05 21    14 43.78   -16 07.5    2.057    3.041   163.5     5.4    11.5
2009 05 26    14 40.41   -15 53.0    2.085    3.047   157.9     7.2    11.6
2009 05 31    14 37.43   -15 40.0    2.119    3.054   152.3     8.9    11.7
2009 06 05    14 34.90   -15 28.9    2.160    3.060   146.9    10.4    11.8
2009 06 10    14 32.87   -15 19.9    2.206    3.067   141.6    11.9    11.9

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