(18) Melpomene (18) Melpomene(18) Melpomene Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 (M-c) Bowell M 197.33621 (2000.0) P Q n 0.28333392 Peri. 227.70040 +0.94390903 -0.31870555 a 2.2958156 Node 150.57316 +0.33020257 +0.90990532 e 0.2177169 Incl. 10.12678 +0.00141601 +0.26551663 P 3.48 H 6.51 G 0.25 From 2877 observations at 51 oppositions, 1870-1993, mean residual 0".52.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.
Date TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2001 01 31 14 36.30 -06 43.5 2.577 2.796 92.3 20.6 11.7 2001 02 05 14 39.89 -06 38.8 2.507 2.795 96.5 20.5 11.6 2001 02 10 14 43.04 -06 30.7 2.437 2.795 100.8 20.3 11.6 2001 02 15 14 45.70 -06 19.2 2.368 2.795 105.2 19.9 11.5 2001 02 20 14 47.84 -06 04.2 2.301 2.794 109.7 19.5 11.4 2001 02 25 14 49.42 -05 45.8 2.235 2.793 114.3 18.8 11.3 2001 03 02 14 50.41 -05 24.0 2.172 2.792 119.1 18.1 11.2 2001 03 07 14 50.79 -04 59.0 2.112 2.790 124.0 17.2 11.2 2001 03 12 14 50.54 -04 30.7 2.055 2.789 129.0 16.1 11.1 2001 03 17 14 49.64 -03 59.7 2.002 2.787 134.0 14.9 11.0 2001 03 22 14 48.10 -03 26.0 1.953 2.785 139.2 13.5 10.9 2001 03 27 14 45.93 -02 50.2 1.910 2.783 144.4 12.0 10.8 2001 04 01 14 43.15 -02 13.0 1.872 2.780 149.6 10.5 10.7 2001 04 06 14 39.84 -01 34.9 1.840 2.778 154.6 8.9 10.6 2001 04 11 14 36.05 -00 56.7 1.815 2.775 159.3 7.3 10.5 2001 04 16 14 31.87 -00 19.3 1.796 2.772 163.2 6.0 10.4 2001 04 21 14 27.41 +00 16.5 1.784 2.769 165.5 5.2 10.4 2001 04 26 14 22.78 +00 49.8 1.779 2.765 165.5 5.2 10.3 2001 05 01 14 18.11 +01 19.8 1.781 2.762 163.2 6.0 10.4 2001 05 06 14 13.53 +01 45.9 1.790 2.758 159.4 7.4 10.4 2001 05 11 14 09.15 +02 07.4 1.806 2.754 154.8 9.0 10.5 2001 05 16 14 05.08 +02 24.0 1.828 2.749 149.8 10.7 10.6 2001 05 21 14 01.40 +02 35.6 1.856 2.745 144.7 12.3 10.7 2001 05 26 13 58.21 +02 42.0 1.889 2.740 139.6 13.9 10.8 2001 05 31 13 55.55 +02 43.2 1.927 2.735 134.6 15.3 10.9 2001 06 05 13 53.47 +02 39.6 1.969 2.730 129.6 16.6 10.9 2001 06 10 13 51.98 +02 31.3 2.015 2.725 124.8 17.8 11.0 2001 06 15 13 51.10 +02 18.7 2.064 2.720 120.1 18.8 11.1 2001 06 20 13 50.81 +02 02.1 2.116 2.714 115.6 19.7 11.2 2001 06 25 13 51.11 +01 41.8 2.170 2.708 111.2 20.5 11.2 2001 06 30 13 51.99 +01 18.3 2.226 2.702 106.9 21.1 11.3 2001 07 05 13 53.42 +00 51.8 2.283 2.696 102.7 21.6 11.4 2001 07 10 13 55.36 +00 22.8 2.341 2.690 98.7 21.9 11.4 2001 07 15 13 57.80 -00 08.5 2.400 2.683 94.8 22.2 11.5 2001 07 20 14 00.70 -00 41.7 2.459 2.676 91.0 22.3 11.5
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