(22) Kalliope

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
   (22) Kalliope
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Williams
M 324.55126              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19875194     Peri.  357.39067     +0.44162567     -0.87049384
a   2.9080049      Node    66.32564     +0.82740086     +0.30149943
e   0.1017325      Incl.   13.72356     +0.34695041     +0.38902258
P   4.96           H    6.45          G   0.21           U   0
From 1062 observations at 60 oppositions, 1854-1999, mean residual 0".62.
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.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2001 09 18    05 35.93   +22 07.3    2.399    2.612    90.7    22.6    11.4
2001 09 23    05 40.57   +22 27.2    2.334    2.612    94.5    22.5    11.4
2001 09 28    05 44.74   +22 47.4    2.270    2.612    98.4    22.3    11.3
2001 10 03    05 48.40   +23 08.2    2.206    2.612   102.5    22.0    11.2
2001 10 08    05 51.50   +23 29.7    2.144    2.613   106.7    21.5    11.2
2001 10 13    05 54.00   +23 52.1    2.083    2.613   111.1    20.9    11.1
2001 10 18    05 55.85   +24 15.6    2.023    2.613   115.6    20.1    11.0
2001 10 23    05 57.01   +24 40.3    1.967    2.614   120.3    19.2    10.9
2001 10 28    05 57.43   +25 06.2    1.913    2.615   125.2    18.1    10.8
2001 11 02    05 57.10   +25 33.2    1.862    2.615   130.2    16.8    10.7
2001 11 07    05 55.99   +26 01.3    1.816    2.616   135.5    15.4    10.6
2001 11 12    05 54.09   +26 30.3    1.774    2.617   140.9    13.8    10.5
2001 11 17    05 51.42   +26 59.7    1.737    2.618   146.4    12.1    10.4
2001 11 22    05 48.02   +27 29.2    1.705    2.619   152.1    10.2    10.3
2001 11 27    05 43.96   +27 58.2    1.680    2.621   157.9     8.2    10.2
2001 12 02    05 39.36   +28 26.3    1.661    2.622   163.6     6.1    10.1
2001 12 07    05 34.32   +28 52.8    1.650    2.624   169.1     4.1    10.0
2001 12 12    05 29.01   +29 17.2    1.645    2.625   173.2     2.6     9.9
2001 12 17    05 23.58   +29 39.3    1.648    2.627   172.9     2.7     9.9
2001 12 22    05 18.23   +29 58.7    1.658    2.629   168.5     4.3    10.0
2001 12 27    05 13.13   +30 15.5    1.675    2.631   163.0     6.3    10.1
2002 01 01    05 08.45   +30 29.7    1.699    2.633   157.2     8.3    10.2
2002 01 06    05 04.31   +30 41.7    1.729    2.635   151.5    10.3    10.4

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