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Minor Planet Center

(88) Thisbe

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
    (88) Thisbe
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M 315.37145              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21411918     Peri.   36.59441     +0.68410950     +0.72376474
a   2.7671477      Node   276.76428     -0.68891003     +0.60050083
e   0.1653468      Incl.    5.21879     -0.23957704     +0.33994611
P   4.60           H    7.04          G   0.14           U   0
From 998 observations at 68 oppositions, 1866-1997, 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 05 21    21 57.77   -09 43.7    2.052    2.316    91.8    25.9    11.6
2009 05 26    22 02.99   -09 01.4    1.992    2.314    95.1    25.8    11.6
2009 05 31    22 07.77   -08 20.4    1.933    2.313    98.6    25.7    11.5
2009 06 05    22 12.07   -07 40.9    1.875    2.312   102.1    25.4    11.4
2009 06 10    22 15.88   -07 03.2    1.818    2.311   105.8    25.0    11.3
2009 06 15    22 19.16   -06 27.5    1.762    2.310   109.6    24.5    11.2
2009 06 20    22 21.87   -05 54.3    1.708    2.310   113.5    23.8    11.2
2009 06 25    22 23.98   -05 23.8    1.656    2.310   117.6    23.0    11.1
2009 06 30    22 25.45   -04 56.3    1.606    2.310   121.8    22.0    11.0
2009 07 05    22 26.26   -04 32.2    1.559    2.310   126.2    20.8    10.9
2009 07 10    22 26.41   -04 11.6    1.515    2.311   130.8    19.5    10.8
2009 07 15    22 25.87   -03 54.9    1.474    2.312   135.5    18.0    10.6
2009 07 20    22 24.64   -03 42.3    1.437    2.313   140.4    16.3    10.5
2009 07 25    22 22.75   -03 34.0    1.405    2.314   145.4    14.4    10.4
2009 07 30    22 20.24   -03 30.1    1.377    2.315   150.6    12.4    10.3
2009 08 04    22 17.18   -03 30.3    1.354    2.317   155.9    10.3    10.2
2009 08 09    22 13.66   -03 34.5    1.336    2.319   161.1     8.1    10.1
2009 08 14    22 09.78   -03 42.5    1.325    2.321   166.2     6.0    10.0
2009 08 19    22 05.67   -03 53.8    1.319    2.323   170.5     4.1     9.8
2009 08 24    22 01.48   -04 07.8    1.320    2.326   172.5     3.2     9.8
2009 08 29    21 57.37   -04 23.7    1.327    2.329   170.5     4.1     9.9
2009 09 03    21 53.48   -04 40.7    1.340    2.332   166.1     6.0    10.0
2009 09 08    21 49.94   -04 58.2    1.359    2.335   161.0     8.1    10.1
2009 09 13    21 46.87   -05 15.3    1.384    2.338   155.8    10.2    10.3
2009 09 18    21 44.37   -05 31.6    1.415    2.342   150.5    12.2    10.4
2009 09 23    21 42.50   -05 46.2    1.450    2.346   145.2    14.1    10.5
2009 09 28    21 41.32   -05 58.8    1.491    2.350   140.1    15.9    10.6
2009 10 03    21 40.86   -06 08.9    1.536    2.354   135.2    17.4    10.8
2009 10 08    21 41.10   -06 16.3    1.585    2.358   130.3    18.8    10.9
2009 10 13    21 42.04   -06 20.7    1.638    2.363   125.7    20.1    11.0
2009 10 18    21 43.65   -06 22.2    1.694    2.368   121.1    21.1    11.1
2009 10 23    21 45.91   -06 20.4    1.752    2.373   116.8    22.0    11.2
2009 10 28    21 48.78   -06 15.4    1.813    2.378   112.5    22.7    11.3
2009 11 02    21 52.21   -06 07.3    1.876    2.383   108.4    23.3    11.4
2009 11 07    21 56.16   -05 56.0    1.940    2.389   104.4    23.7    11.5
2009 11 12    22 00.59   -05 41.8    2.006    2.394   100.6    24.0    11.6
2009 11 17    22 05.45   -05 24.5    2.073    2.400    96.8    24.1    11.7

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