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Minor Planet Center

(42) Isis

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 9657
    (42) Isis
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M 302.72590              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.25842727     Peri.  236.65292     +0.76846069     +0.62263878
a   2.4410527      Node    84.39355     -0.52669863     +0.74646265
e   0.2233697      Incl.    8.52963     -0.36339609     +0.23476471
P   3.81           H    7.53          G   0.15           U   0
From 1078 observations at 79 oppositions, 1856-2000, mean residual 0".53.
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 05 31    22 43.02   -15 22.5    1.565    1.910    93.1    32.0    11.3
2009 06 05    22 51.51   -15 04.6    1.515    1.907    95.8    32.0    11.2
2009 06 10    22 59.65   -14 49.5    1.465    1.904    98.7    31.8    11.1
2009 06 15    23 07.41   -14 37.7    1.416    1.902   101.6    31.6    11.0
2009 06 20    23 14.74   -14 29.6    1.369    1.900   104.6    31.2    10.9
2009 06 25    23 21.59   -14 25.5    1.323    1.898   107.7    30.7    10.8
2009 06 30    23 27.92   -14 25.9    1.278    1.897   111.0    30.0    10.8
2009 07 05    23 33.69   -14 31.0    1.235    1.896   114.4    29.2    10.7
2009 07 10    23 38.84   -14 41.0    1.194    1.896   117.9    28.3    10.6
2009 07 15    23 43.31   -14 56.1    1.155    1.896   121.6    27.2    10.5
2009 07 20    23 47.05   -15 16.6    1.118    1.897   125.4    25.9    10.3
2009 07 25    23 49.99   -15 42.2    1.084    1.898   129.4    24.4    10.2
2009 07 30    23 52.09   -16 12.7    1.052    1.900   133.5    22.8    10.1
2009 08 04    23 53.32   -16 47.5    1.024    1.902   137.8    21.0    10.0
2009 08 09    23 53.65   -17 25.9    1.000    1.905   142.2    19.1     9.9
2009 08 14    23 53.08   -18 07.0    0.979    1.908   146.6    17.0     9.8
2009 08 19    23 51.63   -18 49.5    0.962    1.911   150.9    14.9     9.7
2009 08 24    23 49.36   -19 31.8    0.950    1.915   155.0    12.9     9.6
2009 08 29    23 46.37   -20 12.1    0.943    1.919   158.6    11.1     9.5
2009 09 03    23 42.82   -20 48.8    0.941    1.924   161.3     9.7     9.5
2009 09 08    23 38.86   -21 20.2    0.944    1.929   162.5     9.0     9.4
2009 09 13    23 34.70   -21 44.9    0.953    1.935   161.9     9.3     9.5
2009 09 18    23 30.53   -22 01.9    0.966    1.941   159.7    10.3     9.6
2009 09 23    23 26.56   -22 10.4    0.985    1.947   156.4    11.9     9.7
2009 09 28    23 23.00   -22 10.0    1.009    1.954   152.4    13.7     9.8
2009 10 03    23 19.98   -22 01.1    1.038    1.961   148.1    15.6     9.9
2009 10 08    23 17.62   -21 44.0    1.072    1.968   143.7    17.5    10.1
2009 10 13    23 16.00   -21 19.4    1.109    1.976   139.3    19.2    10.2
2009 10 18    23 15.16   -20 47.9    1.151    1.984   134.9    20.9    10.3
2009 10 23    23 15.13   -20 10.4    1.196    1.992   130.6    22.3    10.5
2009 10 28    23 15.88   -19 27.6    1.245    2.001   126.4    23.6    10.6
2009 11 02    23 17.40   -18 40.2    1.296    2.010   122.3    24.7    10.8
2009 11 07    23 19.62   -17 49.0    1.351    2.019   118.3    25.6    10.9
2009 11 12    23 22.49   -16 54.5    1.407    2.029   114.5    26.4    11.0
2009 11 17    23 25.98   -15 57.1    1.466    2.039   110.8    27.0    11.1
2009 11 22    23 30.03   -14 57.4    1.527    2.049   107.2    27.4    11.2
2009 11 27    23 34.58   -13 55.6    1.589    2.059   103.7    27.8    11.3
2009 12 02    23 39.58   -12 52.2    1.653    2.069   100.2    28.0    11.4
2009 12 07    23 44.99   -11 47.5    1.718    2.080    96.9    28.0    11.5
2009 12 12    23 50.76   -10 41.7    1.784    2.091    93.6    28.0    11.6
2009 12 17    23 56.86   -09 34.9    1.851    2.102    90.4    27.9    11.7

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