(563) Suleika

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24550:
  (563) Suleika
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5   (M-c)          Bowell
M 309.13432              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22079005     Peri.  336.99269     +0.45575235     -0.87224197
a   2.7111261      Node    85.49276     +0.84183066     +0.35762556
e   0.2360434      Incl.   10.25253     +0.28915555     +0.33361342
P   4.46           H    8.50          G   0.15
From 95 observations at 29 oppositions, 1907-1992, mean residual 0".84.
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 10 08    04 47.58   +12 47.6    1.373    2.084   122.2    23.9    11.9
2001 10 13    04 49.34   +12 56.0    1.326    2.081   126.6    22.6    11.8
2001 10 18    04 50.25   +13 05.1    1.282    2.079   131.2    21.1    11.7
2001 10 23    04 50.27   +13 15.0    1.242    2.076   136.0    19.4    11.5
2001 10 28    04 49.40   +13 26.3    1.205    2.074   141.1    17.5    11.4
2001 11 02    04 47.64   +13 39.1    1.173    2.073   146.4    15.4    11.3
2001 11 07    04 45.03   +13 53.7    1.145    2.072   151.8    13.0    11.1
2001 11 12    04 41.63   +14 10.2    1.122    2.071   157.4    10.6    11.0
2001 11 17    04 37.55   +14 28.7    1.105    2.071   163.1     8.0    10.9
2001 11 22    04 32.95   +14 49.2    1.094    2.071   168.5     5.4    10.7
2001 11 27    04 28.02   +15 11.8    1.089    2.072   172.9     3.4    10.6
2001 12 02    04 22.96   +15 36.3    1.091    2.073   173.3     3.2    10.6
2001 12 07    04 17.97   +16 02.4    1.098    2.074   169.2     5.1    10.7
2001 12 12    04 13.27   +16 30.1    1.112    2.076   163.8     7.6    10.9
2001 12 17    04 09.04   +16 59.1    1.133    2.078   158.1    10.2    11.0
2001 12 22    04 05.47   +17 29.4    1.159    2.081   152.4    12.7    11.2
2001 12 27    04 02.66   +18 00.8    1.190    2.084   146.8    15.0    11.3
2002 01 01    04 00.71   +18 33.1    1.226    2.087   141.4    17.1    11.4
2002 01 06    03 59.65   +19 06.1    1.267    2.091   136.2    19.0    11.6

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