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Minor Planet Center

(230) Athamantis

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
   (230) Athamantis
Epoch 2008 Nov. 30.0 TT = JDT 2454800.5                 Goffin
M  84.68555              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26798988     Peri.  140.04781     +0.93213826     -0.33312300
a   2.3826328      Node   239.95734     +0.27598374     +0.90735631
e   0.0611555      Incl.    9.43742     +0.23441682     +0.25638563
P   3.68           H    7.35          G   0.27           U   0
From 797 observations at 64 oppositions, 1882-1996, 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 01 01    08 45.46   +04 34.4    1.522    2.400   145.8    13.3    10.8
2009 01 06    08 41.60   +04 23.7    1.495    2.403   151.0    11.4    10.7
2009 01 11    08 37.22   +04 17.8    1.474    2.406   156.0     9.6    10.6
2009 01 16    08 32.42   +04 16.8    1.460    2.410   160.6     7.8    10.6
2009 01 21    08 27.36   +04 20.5    1.452    2.413   164.0     6.5    10.5
2009 01 26    08 22.20   +04 28.6    1.451    2.416   165.4     5.9    10.5
2009 01 31    08 17.10   +04 40.8    1.456    2.420   164.3     6.3    10.5
2009 02 05    08 12.24   +04 56.3    1.469    2.423   161.1     7.6    10.6
2009 02 10    08 07.76   +05 14.6    1.488    2.426   156.8     9.2    10.7
2009 02 15    08 03.80   +05 34.8    1.513    2.429   151.9    11.1    10.8
2009 02 20    08 00.44   +05 56.4    1.544    2.432   146.7    12.9    10.9
2009 02 25    07 57.78   +06 18.7    1.581    2.435   141.6    14.6    11.0
2009 03 02    07 55.86   +06 40.9    1.623    2.439   136.5    16.3    11.1
2009 03 07    07 54.72   +07 02.6    1.669    2.442   131.4    17.7    11.2
2009 03 12    07 54.34   +07 23.1    1.719    2.445   126.6    19.0    11.3
2009 03 17    07 54.72   +07 42.3    1.772    2.448   121.9    20.2    11.4
2009 03 22    07 55.81   +07 59.7    1.828    2.451   117.3    21.2    11.5
2009 03 27    07 57.60   +08 15.1    1.886    2.454   112.9    22.0    11.6
2009 04 01    08 00.03   +08 28.3    1.947    2.456   108.7    22.7    11.7
2009 04 06    08 03.08   +08 39.1    2.009    2.459   104.6    23.2    11.8
2009 04 11    08 06.67   +08 47.5    2.072    2.462   100.6    23.6    11.8

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