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Minor Planet Center

(29) Amphitrite

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 57621
    (29) Amphitrite
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M  87.15783              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24137435     Peri.   63.20838     +0.50431502     -0.86349521
a   2.5547121      Node   356.48519     +0.74976773     +0.44160913
e   0.0729512      Incl.    6.09608     +0.42838617     +0.24363376
P   4.08           H    5.85          G   0.20           U   0
From 2260 observations at 101 oppositions, 1825-2003, 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 01 01    12 21.49   -00 33.7    2.298    2.584    95.4    22.3    10.7
2009 01 06    12 24.67   -01 00.4    2.235    2.588    99.6    22.0    10.7
2009 01 11    12 27.35   -01 24.2    2.173    2.592   103.9    21.6    10.6
2009 01 16    12 29.50   -01 44.9    2.111    2.595   108.4    21.1    10.5
2009 01 21    12 31.06   -02 02.4    2.051    2.599   113.0    20.4    10.4
2009 01 26    12 32.01   -02 16.5    1.994    2.603   117.8    19.6    10.3
2009 01 31    12 32.31   -02 27.1    1.939    2.607   122.7    18.5    10.3
2009 02 05    12 31.95   -02 34.0    1.887    2.610   127.8    17.4    10.2
2009 02 10    12 30.92   -02 37.2    1.838    2.614   133.1    16.0    10.1
2009 02 15    12 29.22   -02 36.7    1.794    2.617   138.6    14.5    10.0
2009 02 20    12 26.87   -02 32.6    1.755    2.621   144.2    12.8     9.9
2009 02 25    12 23.89   -02 25.1    1.721    2.625   149.9    10.9     9.8
2009 03 02    12 20.36   -02 14.4    1.692    2.628   155.9     8.9     9.7
2009 03 07    12 16.36   -02 00.9    1.670    2.632   161.9     6.7     9.5
2009 03 12    12 12.00   -01 45.3    1.655    2.635   168.0     4.5     9.4
2009 03 17    12 07.39   -01 28.1    1.647    2.639   174.1     2.2     9.3
2009 03 22    12 02.66   -01 09.9    1.646    2.642   179.1     0.3     9.1
2009 03 27    11 57.95   -00 51.7    1.651    2.645   173.5     2.5     9.3
2009 04 01    11 53.40   -00 34.0    1.664    2.649   167.4     4.7     9.5
2009 04 06    11 49.15   -00 17.6    1.684    2.652   161.4     6.9     9.6
2009 04 11    11 45.29   -00 03.3    1.710    2.655   155.5     9.0     9.7
2009 04 16    11 41.92   +00 08.7    1.743    2.658   149.7    11.0     9.8
2009 04 21    11 39.09   +00 17.9    1.781    2.661   144.1    12.8     9.9
2009 04 26    11 36.87   +00 23.9    1.824    2.664   138.7    14.4    10.0
2009 05 01    11 35.28   +00 26.6    1.872    2.667   133.5    15.9    10.2
2009 05 06    11 34.34   +00 25.9    1.924    2.670   128.4    17.2    10.3
2009 05 11    11 34.02   +00 21.8    1.979    2.673   123.5    18.4    10.4
2009 05 16    11 34.31   +00 14.4    2.038    2.676   118.8    19.3    10.5
2009 05 21    11 35.19   +00 03.7    2.099    2.679   114.3    20.1    10.5
2009 05 26    11 36.63   -00 10.2    2.162    2.682   109.9    20.8    10.6
2009 05 31    11 38.61   -00 27.0    2.226    2.684   105.7    21.3    10.7
2009 06 05    11 41.07   -00 46.6    2.292    2.687   101.6    21.7    10.8
2009 06 10    11 44.00   -01 08.9    2.359    2.690    97.6    22.0    10.9
2009 06 15    11 47.34   -01 33.7    2.427    2.692    93.8    22.1    10.9
2009 06 20    11 51.07   -02 00.8    2.495    2.695    90.1    22.2    11.0

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