(129) Antigone

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
  (129) Antigone
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Williams
M  43.85461              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20303257     Peri.  108.55053     -0.40745424     +0.90150603
a   2.8669860      Node   136.47209     -0.89722706     -0.36541829
e   0.2140466      Incl.   12.22504     -0.17019005     -0.23185416
P   4.85           H    7.07          G   0.33           U   0
From 871 observations at 50 oppositions, 1915-2000, mean residual 0".63.
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 06 20    23 30.81   -06 24.6    2.338    2.675    98.0    22.1    11.9
2001 06 25    23 34.11   -06 26.8    2.284    2.686   102.0    21.7    11.8
2001 06 30    23 36.94   -06 32.9    2.232    2.697   106.1    21.2    11.8
2001 07 05    23 39.28   -06 43.2    2.180    2.708   110.4    20.6    11.7
2001 07 10    23 41.09   -06 57.7    2.131    2.719   114.8    19.8    11.7
2001 07 15    23 42.35   -07 16.6    2.084    2.730   119.4    18.9    11.6
2001 07 20    23 43.04   -07 39.9    2.039    2.741   124.1    17.9    11.5
2001 07 25    23 43.14   -08 07.4    1.998    2.753   129.0    16.7    11.5
2001 07 30    23 42.66   -08 39.0    1.960    2.764   134.0    15.3    11.4
2001 08 04    23 41.59   -09 14.5    1.927    2.775   139.1    13.8    11.3
2001 08 09    23 39.97   -09 53.2    1.898    2.786   144.4    12.2    11.3
2001 08 14    23 37.81   -10 34.7    1.875    2.797   149.7    10.5    11.2
2001 08 19    23 35.16   -11 18.2    1.858    2.808   155.1     8.7    11.1
2001 08 24    23 32.08   -12 02.9    1.846    2.819   160.3     6.9    11.1
2001 08 29    23 28.67   -12 47.7    1.842    2.830   165.2     5.2    11.0
2001 09 03    23 25.02   -13 31.8    1.844    2.841   169.2     3.8    10.9
2001 09 08    23 21.22   -14 14.1    1.853    2.852   170.8     3.3    10.9
2001 09 13    23 17.40   -14 53.7    1.869    2.863   168.8     3.9    11.0
2001 09 18    23 13.65   -15 29.9    1.892    2.874   164.7     5.3    11.1
2001 09 23    23 10.10   -16 01.9    1.922    2.885   159.8     6.9    11.2
2001 09 28    23 06.84   -16 29.3    1.958    2.895   154.5     8.6    11.3
2001 10 03    23 03.95   -16 51.8    2.001    2.906   149.2    10.2    11.4
2001 10 08    23 01.51   -17 09.2    2.050    2.917   143.9    11.7    11.5
2001 10 13    22 59.55   -17 21.6    2.103    2.927   138.6    13.0    11.6
2001 10 18    22 58.12   -17 29.0    2.162    2.938   133.5    14.2    11.7
2001 10 23    22 57.25   -17 31.7    2.225    2.948   128.4    15.3    11.8
2001 10 28    22 56.94   -17 29.8    2.292    2.959   123.5    16.3    11.9

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