(409) Aspasia

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24549:
  (409) Aspasia
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M   5.88659              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.23828585     Peri.  353.25734     -0.56146814     +0.80925366
a   2.5767397      Node   242.44692     -0.74982148     -0.58588084
e   0.0714180      Incl.   11.23963     -0.35003040     -0.04303658
P   4.14           H    7.62          G   0.29
From 531 observations at 54 oppositions, 1895-1994, 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.


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 04 01    17 43.80   -23 22.3    1.931    2.394   105.0    23.8    11.9
2001 04 06    17 47.46   -23 03.0    1.872    2.394   109.1    23.3    11.8
2001 04 11    17 50.45   -22 41.8    1.814    2.395   113.4    22.6    11.7
2001 04 16    17 52.75   -22 19.0    1.758    2.396   117.7    21.8    11.6
2001 04 21    17 54.30   -21 54.6    1.704    2.396   122.3    20.8    11.5
2001 04 26    17 55.09   -21 28.7    1.654    2.397   126.9    19.6    11.4
2001 05 01    17 55.08   -21 01.4    1.606    2.398   131.8    18.3    11.3
2001 05 06    17 54.30   -20 32.9    1.562    2.399   136.8    16.7    11.2
2001 05 11    17 52.74   -20 03.2    1.523    2.400   141.9    15.0    11.1
2001 05 16    17 50.44   -19 32.5    1.488    2.402   147.2    13.2    11.0
2001 05 21    17 47.46   -19 01.1    1.459    2.403   152.6    11.2    10.9
2001 05 26    17 43.86   -18 29.2    1.434    2.404   158.1     9.0    10.8
2001 05 31    17 39.76   -17 57.2    1.416    2.406   163.6     6.9    10.7
2001 06 05    17 35.30   -17 25.4    1.404    2.407   168.7     4.7    10.6
2001 06 10    17 30.61   -16 54.5    1.399    2.409   172.6     3.1    10.5
2001 06 15    17 25.85   -16 24.7    1.399    2.411   172.9     3.0    10.5
2001 06 20    17 21.17   -15 56.6    1.407    2.412   169.2     4.5    10.6
2001 06 25    17 16.73   -15 30.8    1.421    2.414   164.1     6.6    10.7
2001 06 30    17 12.66   -15 07.5    1.441    2.416   158.8     8.8    10.8
2001 07 05    17 09.09   -14 47.2    1.466    2.418   153.4    10.9    10.9
2001 07 10    17 06.10   -14 30.0    1.497    2.420   148.0    12.8    11.0
2001 07 15    17 03.76   -14 15.9    1.534    2.423   142.8    14.7    11.2
2001 07 20    17 02.11   -14 05.1    1.575    2.425   137.7    16.4    11.3
2001 07 25    17 01.17   -13 57.3    1.620    2.427   132.8    17.9    11.4
2001 07 30    17 00.97   -13 52.4    1.669    2.430   128.1    19.2    11.5
2001 08 04    17 01.47   -13 50.1    1.720    2.432   123.5    20.4    11.6
2001 08 09    17 02.67   -13 50.1    1.775    2.435   119.1    21.3    11.7
2001 08 14    17 04.53   -13 52.1    1.832    2.437   114.8    22.2    11.8
2001 08 19    17 07.02   -13 55.7    1.892    2.440   110.7    22.8    11.9

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