(43) Ariadne

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 25032:
   (43) Ariadne
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Goffin
M 309.37667              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.30140516     Peri.   15.77616     +0.18694873     +0.98051742
a   2.2031070      Node   265.02758     -0.90772574     +0.14894939
e   0.1687737      Incl.    3.46995     -0.37561171     +0.12806122
P   3.27           H    7.93          G   0.11           U   0
From 882 observations at 78 oppositions, 1857-1994, mean residual 1".01.
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 02 20    14 52.41   -20 47.6    1.607    2.087   104.5    27.3    11.8
2001 02 25    14 57.46   -21 14.8    1.542    2.078   108.3    26.9    11.7
2001 03 02    15 01.96   -21 39.2    1.479    2.068   112.2    26.3    11.6
2001 03 07    15 05.85   -22 00.7    1.417    2.058   116.2    25.6    11.5
2001 03 12    15 09.09   -22 19.2    1.358    2.049   120.4    24.7    11.4
2001 03 17    15 11.59   -22 34.3    1.301    2.039   124.7    23.6    11.2
2001 03 22    15 13.29   -22 45.9    1.247    2.030   129.2    22.4    11.1
2001 03 27    15 14.15   -22 53.6    1.196    2.020   133.9    20.8    10.9
2001 04 01    15 14.11   -22 57.2    1.148    2.011   138.8    19.1    10.8
2001 04 06    15 13.18   -22 56.3    1.105    2.002   143.9    17.1    10.6
2001 04 11    15 11.37   -22 50.7    1.065    1.993   149.2    14.9    10.4
2001 04 16    15 08.69   -22 40.3    1.030    1.984   154.6    12.5    10.3
2001 04 21    15 05.24   -22 24.7    1.000    1.975   160.2     9.9    10.1
2001 04 26    15 01.12   -22 04.2    0.976    1.967   165.9     7.2     9.9
2001 05 01    14 56.52   -21 39.0    0.957    1.959   171.3     4.4     9.7
2001 05 06    14 51.64   -21 09.9    0.943    1.950   175.3     2.4     9.5
2001 05 11    14 46.69   -20 37.8    0.936    1.942   173.5     3.4     9.6
2001 05 16    14 41.89   -20 03.7    0.934    1.935   168.3     6.1     9.7
2001 05 21    14 37.45   -19 29.0    0.937    1.927   162.6     9.0     9.9
2001 05 26    14 33.57   -18 54.9    0.946    1.920   156.9    11.9    10.0
2001 05 31    14 30.41   -18 22.9    0.960    1.912   151.3    14.7    10.1
2001 06 05    14 28.08   -17 54.0    0.978    1.905   145.9    17.4    10.2
2001 06 10    14 26.66   -17 29.1    1.001    1.899   140.7    19.8    10.4
2001 06 15    14 26.16   -17 08.7    1.027    1.892   135.8    22.0    10.5
2001 06 20    14 26.61   -16 53.1    1.056    1.886   131.0    24.0    10.6
2001 06 25    14 28.00   -16 42.5    1.089    1.880   126.5    25.7    10.7
2001 06 30    14 30.30   -16 36.8    1.124    1.875   122.3    27.3    10.8
2001 07 05    14 33.45   -16 35.9    1.160    1.870   118.2    28.6    10.9
2001 07 10    14 37.41   -16 39.3    1.199    1.865   114.4    29.8    11.0
2001 07 15    14 42.12   -16 46.7    1.239    1.860   110.7    30.7    11.1
2001 07 20    14 47.54   -16 57.6    1.281    1.856   107.2    31.5    11.2
2001 07 25    14 53.62   -17 11.5    1.323    1.852   103.9    32.2    11.3
2001 07 30    15 00.32   -17 28.1    1.366    1.848   100.8    32.7    11.4
2001 08 04    15 07.59   -17 46.8    1.411    1.845    97.7    33.0    11.5
2001 08 09    15 15.38   -18 07.0    1.455    1.842    94.8    33.3    11.5

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