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Minor Planet Center

(26) Proserpina

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 50329
    (26) Proserpina
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M 320.08773              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22774963     Peri.  193.51939     -0.50952447     +0.85930001
a   2.6556098      Node    45.87003     -0.78356370     -0.44195559
e   0.0866687      Incl.    3.56175     -0.35554568     -0.25744658
P   4.33           H    7.5           G   0.15           U   0
From 1192 observations at 105 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 03 12    16 00.80   -20 06.5    1.922    2.437   109.2    22.6    11.9
2009 03 17    16 03.66   -20 20.3    1.861    2.435   113.5    22.0    11.8
2009 03 22    16 05.88   -20 32.5    1.802    2.434   117.9    21.2    11.7
2009 03 27    16 07.40   -20 43.1    1.746    2.433   122.5    20.2    11.6
2009 04 01    16 08.18   -20 52.2    1.693    2.432   127.3    19.1    11.5
2009 04 06    16 08.22   -20 59.7    1.643    2.430   132.1    17.8    11.4
2009 04 11    16 07.49   -21 05.7    1.597    2.429   137.2    16.3    11.3
2009 04 16    16 06.00   -21 10.0    1.555    2.429   142.4    14.6    11.2
2009 04 21    16 03.76   -21 12.6    1.518    2.428   147.8    12.7    11.1
2009 04 26    16 00.83   -21 13.4    1.485    2.427   153.4    10.7    11.0
2009 05 01    15 57.28   -21 12.4    1.459    2.427   159.0     8.5    10.8
2009 05 06    15 53.22   -21 09.8    1.438    2.426   164.8     6.3    10.7
2009 05 11    15 48.77   -21 05.5    1.424    2.426   170.6     3.9    10.6
2009 05 16    15 44.07   -20 59.9    1.416    2.426   176.4     1.5    10.4
2009 05 21    15 39.28   -20 53.1    1.414    2.425   177.1     1.2    10.3
2009 05 26    15 34.56   -20 45.7    1.419    2.425   171.4     3.6    10.5
2009 05 31    15 30.08   -20 38.1    1.430    2.425   165.6     6.0    10.7
2009 06 05    15 25.97   -20 30.7    1.448    2.426   159.9     8.3    10.8
2009 06 10    15 22.37   -20 24.2    1.471    2.426   154.3    10.5    10.9
2009 06 15    15 19.35   -20 18.9    1.500    2.426   148.8    12.5    11.0
2009 06 20    15 16.98   -20 15.2    1.534    2.427   143.5    14.4    11.2
2009 06 25    15 15.33   -20 13.4    1.572    2.428   138.3    16.2    11.3
2009 06 30    15 14.41   -20 13.8    1.615    2.428   133.4    17.7    11.4
2009 07 05    15 14.24   -20 16.4    1.662    2.429   128.6    19.1    11.5
2009 07 10    15 14.79   -20 21.4    1.711    2.430   123.9    20.3    11.6
2009 07 15    15 16.05   -20 28.5    1.764    2.431   119.5    21.3    11.7
2009 07 20    15 17.99   -20 37.8    1.819    2.432   115.2    22.2    11.8

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