(2) Pallas

Orbital Elements

    (2) Pallas
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Bowell
M 175.41433              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21338599     Peri.  310.39441     -0.56913147     -0.81943591
a   2.7734826      Node   173.17164     +0.81319142     -0.54871322
e   0.2299373      Incl.   34.84247     -0.12169259     +0.16564597
P   4.62           H    4.13          G   0.11
From 5482 observations at 63 oppositions, 1839-1993, mean residual 0".55.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2002 05 26    21 22.53   +14 18.8    3.159    3.411    95.7    17.2    10.2
2002 05 31    21 23.56   +14 44.8    3.095    3.411    99.5    17.0    10.2
2002 06 05    21 24.15   +15 08.5    3.031    3.411   103.3    16.8    10.1
2002 06 10    21 24.28   +15 29.5    2.968    3.411   107.3    16.5    10.1
2002 06 15    21 23.95   +15 47.4    2.908    3.410   111.3    16.1    10.0
2002 06 20    21 23.15   +16 01.6    2.849    3.410   115.3    15.6    10.0
2002 06 25    21 21.88   +16 11.8    2.793    3.409   119.4    15.1     9.9
2002 06 30    21 20.16   +16 17.5    2.739    3.408   123.5    14.4     9.8
2002 07 05    21 17.99   +16 18.3    2.690    3.407   127.6    13.7     9.8
2002 07 10    21 15.40   +16 13.8    2.644    3.406   131.7    12.9     9.7
2002 07 15    21 12.44   +16 03.5    2.603    3.404   135.6    12.1     9.6
2002 07 20    21 09.15   +15 47.2    2.567    3.403   139.4    11.2     9.6
2002 07 25    21 05.60   +15 24.8    2.536    3.401   142.8    10.4     9.5
2002 07 30    21 01.85   +14 56.3    2.511    3.399   145.9     9.6     9.5
2002 08 04    20 57.98   +14 21.7    2.492    3.398   148.3     9.0     9.4
2002 08 09    20 54.08   +13 41.4    2.480    3.395   149.9     8.6     9.4
2002 08 14    20 50.23   +12 55.7    2.474    3.393   150.6     8.4     9.4
2002 08 19    20 46.52   +12 05.2    2.475    3.391   150.1     8.5     9.4
2002 08 24    20 43.03   +11 10.8    2.483    3.388   148.7     8.9     9.4
2002 08 29    20 39.84   +10 13.2    2.498    3.386   146.4     9.5     9.4
2002 09 03    20 37.00   +09 13.2    2.519    3.383   143.4    10.2     9.5
2002 09 08    20 34.58   +08 11.7    2.547    3.380   139.9    11.1     9.5
2002 09 13    20 32.61   +07 09.6    2.580    3.377   136.0    11.9     9.6
2002 09 18    20 31.13   +06 07.8    2.619    3.374   131.9    12.8     9.7
2002 09 23    20 30.16   +05 06.8    2.663    3.370   127.6    13.7     9.7
2002 09 28    20 29.69   +04 07.5    2.712    3.367   123.2    14.4     9.8
2002 10 03    20 29.75   +03 10.3    2.765    3.363   118.8    15.1     9.9
2002 10 08    20 30.31   +02 15.6    2.822    3.359   114.3    15.7     9.9
2002 10 13    20 31.37   +01 23.9    2.882    3.355   109.9    16.2    10.0
2002 10 18    20 32.92   +00 35.4    2.944    3.351   105.5    16.6    10.0
2002 10 23    20 34.92   -00 09.7    3.009    3.347   101.2    17.0    10.1
2002 10 28    20 37.35   -00 51.4    3.075    3.343    96.9    17.2    10.1
2002 11 02    20 40.20   -01 29.4    3.142    3.338    92.6    17.3    10.2

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