(196) Philomela(196) Philomela Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5 Williams M 341.17107 (2000.0) P Q n 0.17932451 Peri. 206.42679 +0.15450614 +0.98061282 a 3.1144136 Node 72.65859 -0.88264446 +0.19181287 e 0.0248482 Incl. 7.25379 -0.44392185 -0.04007882 P 5.50 H 6.54 G 0.15 U 0 From 742 observations at 58 oppositions, 1879-2000, mean residual 0".65.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 04 21 18 48.89 -24 31.7 2.548 3.040 109.8 18.1 11.9 2001 04 26 18 50.60 -24 40.8 2.483 3.040 114.3 17.6 11.8 2001 05 01 18 51.73 -24 50.9 2.421 3.039 118.9 16.9 11.8 2001 05 06 18 52.27 -25 02.2 2.361 3.039 123.7 16.0 11.7 2001 05 11 18 52.20 -25 14.6 2.305 3.039 128.5 15.1 11.6 2001 05 16 18 51.51 -25 28.0 2.253 3.038 133.5 14.0 11.5 2001 05 21 18 50.21 -25 42.5 2.204 3.038 138.6 12.7 11.4 2001 05 26 18 48.29 -25 57.7 2.161 3.038 143.8 11.3 11.3 2001 05 31 18 45.81 -26 13.4 2.122 3.038 149.2 9.8 11.2 2001 06 05 18 42.79 -26 29.4 2.090 3.038 154.6 8.2 11.1 2001 06 10 18 39.31 -26 45.3 2.063 3.038 160.1 6.5 11.0 2001 06 15 18 35.44 -27 00.8 2.043 3.037 165.5 4.8 10.9 2001 06 20 18 31.26 -27 15.5 2.030 3.037 170.9 3.0 10.8 2001 06 25 18 26.90 -27 29.2 2.023 3.037 175.1 1.6 10.7 2001 06 30 18 22.47 -27 41.6 2.024 3.037 174.5 1.8 10.7 2001 07 05 18 18.09 -27 52.5 2.031 3.037 169.9 3.4 10.8 2001 07 10 18 13.88 -28 01.8 2.045 3.037 164.6 5.1 10.9 2001 07 15 18 09.94 -28 09.5 2.066 3.037 159.1 6.9 11.0 2001 07 20 18 06.38 -28 15.8 2.093 3.037 153.7 8.5 11.1 2001 07 25 18 03.28 -28 20.7 2.126 3.037 148.3 10.1 11.2 2001 07 30 18 00.72 -28 24.3 2.165 3.037 143.0 11.6 11.3 2001 08 04 17 58.74 -28 27.0 2.208 3.037 137.8 13.0 11.4 2001 08 09 17 57.37 -28 28.8 2.257 3.037 132.7 14.2 11.5 2001 08 14 17 56.63 -28 29.9 2.309 3.037 127.8 15.3 11.6 2001 08 19 17 56.53 -28 30.4 2.365 3.038 123.0 16.2 11.7 2001 08 24 17 57.06 -28 30.5 2.425 3.038 118.3 17.0 11.8 2001 08 29 17 58.21 -28 30.2 2.487 3.038 113.8 17.7 11.9