(29) Amphitrite

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 23111:
   (29) Amphitrite
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M 132.42821              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24140374     Peri.   62.16197     +0.51884086     -0.85484709
a   2.5545048      Node   356.56337     +0.74218333     +0.45413460
e   0.0718839      Incl.    6.10197     +0.42422643     +0.25099444
P   4.08           H    5.85          G   0.20
From 707 observations at 54 oppositions, 1868-1992, mean residual 0".58.
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 01 21    13 24.21   -09 28.8    2.321    2.644    98.0    21.6    10.8
2001 01 26    13 26.98   -09 55.3    2.256    2.647   102.3    21.3    10.7
2001 01 31    13 29.23   -10 19.1    2.193    2.650   106.7    20.9    10.6
2001 02 05    13 30.90   -10 40.1    2.132    2.653   111.3    20.3    10.6
2001 02 10    13 31.99   -10 58.2    2.072    2.657   116.0    19.5    10.5
2001 02 15    13 32.44   -11 13.1    2.015    2.660   120.8    18.6    10.4
2001 02 20    13 32.24   -11 24.8    1.960    2.663   125.8    17.5    10.3
2001 02 25    13 31.36   -11 33.1    1.909    2.666   131.0    16.3    10.2
2001 03 02    13 29.81   -11 37.8    1.862    2.669   136.4    14.9    10.1
2001 03 07    13 27.61   -11 39.0    1.820    2.671   141.8    13.3    10.0
2001 03 12    13 24.79   -11 36.7    1.783    2.674   147.5    11.5     9.9
2001 03 17    13 21.40   -11 30.9    1.751    2.677   153.2     9.6     9.8
2001 03 22    13 17.51   -11 21.8    1.725    2.680   159.1     7.6     9.7
2001 03 27    13 13.22   -11 09.6    1.706    2.682   164.9     5.5     9.6
2001 04 01    13 08.65   -10 55.0    1.694    2.685   170.7     3.4     9.5
2001 04 06    13 03.94   -10 38.3    1.689    2.688   175.6     1.6     9.3
2001 04 11    12 59.20   -10 20.3    1.691    2.690   174.9     1.9     9.4
2001 04 16    12 54.58   -10 01.7    1.699    2.693   169.6     3.8     9.5
2001 04 21    12 50.20   -09 43.1    1.715    2.695   163.9     5.9     9.6
2001 04 26    12 46.18   -09 25.3    1.737    2.697   158.1     8.0     9.7
2001 05 01    12 42.62   -09 09.0    1.766    2.700   152.4    10.0     9.8
2001 05 06    12 39.58   -08 54.8    1.801    2.702   146.8    11.8    10.0
2001 05 11    12 37.13   -08 43.1    1.840    2.704   141.4    13.5    10.1
2001 05 16    12 35.29   -08 34.2    1.885    2.706   136.1    15.0    10.2
2001 05 21    12 34.07   -08 28.4    1.934    2.708   131.0    16.4    10.3
2001 05 26    12 33.49   -08 25.8    1.987    2.710   126.1    17.6    10.4
2001 05 31    12 33.53   -08 26.6    2.043    2.712   121.3    18.6    10.5
2001 06 05    12 34.17   -08 30.7    2.102    2.714   116.7    19.5    10.6
2001 06 10    12 35.38   -08 38.1    2.163    2.716   112.3    20.2    10.6
2001 06 15    12 37.13   -08 48.5    2.226    2.717   108.0    20.8    10.7
2001 06 20    12 39.39   -09 01.9    2.291    2.719   103.8    21.3    10.8
2001 06 25    12 42.14   -09 18.1    2.357    2.721    99.8    21.6    10.9
2001 06 30    12 45.33   -09 36.9    2.423    2.722    95.9    21.8    10.9

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