(9) Metis

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 25662

    (9) Metis
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M  60.09903              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26733319     Peri.    5.65064     +0.26525570     -0.95990049
a   2.3865331      Node    68.99307     +0.88076635     +0.20295048
e   0.1222881      Incl.    5.57686     +0.39228821     +0.19339638
P   3.69           H    6.28          G   0.17           U   0
From 2131 observations at 96 oppositions, 1822-2001, mean residual 0".54.

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 12 07    08 08.89   +24 58.1    1.297    2.117   135.7    19.0     9.4
2001 12 12    08 07.75   +25 24.3    1.262    2.120   141.1    17.0     9.3
2001 12 17    08 05.64   +25 53.0    1.232    2.124   146.6    14.8     9.2
2001 12 22    08 02.61   +26 23.6    1.206    2.127   152.3    12.4     9.0
2001 12 27    07 58.76   +26 55.2    1.187    2.131   158.1     9.9     8.9
2002 01 01    07 54.19   +27 26.6    1.172    2.134   163.8     7.4     8.8
2002 01 06    07 49.07   +27 56.8    1.165    2.138   169.1     5.0     8.7
2002 01 11    07 43.60   +28 24.7    1.163    2.142   172.7     3.4     8.6
2002 01 16    07 38.00   +28 49.4    1.168    2.147   171.7     3.8     8.6
2002 01 21    07 32.53   +29 10.2    1.180    2.151   167.2     5.8     8.8
2002 01 26    07 27.41   +29 26.6    1.198    2.155   161.7     8.2     8.9
2002 01 31    07 22.84   +29 38.7    1.223    2.160   156.0    10.7     9.0
2002 02 05    07 18.98   +29 46.4    1.252    2.165   150.3    13.0     9.2
2002 02 10    07 15.96   +29 50.1    1.288    2.170   144.8    15.2     9.3
2002 02 15    07 13.86   +29 50.2    1.328    2.175   139.4    17.2     9.5
2002 02 20    07 12.72   +29 47.2    1.372    2.180   134.2    19.0     9.6
2002 02 25    07 12.54   +29 41.3    1.420    2.186   129.3    20.5     9.7
2002 03 02    07 13.30   +29 33.1    1.472    2.191   124.5    21.9     9.9
2002 03 07    07 14.94   +29 22.7    1.526    2.197   119.9    23.1    10.0
2002 03 12    07 17.43   +29 10.3    1.583    2.202   115.5    24.0    10.1
2002 03 17    07 20.69   +28 56.2    1.642    2.208   111.3    24.8    10.2
2002 03 22    07 24.66   +28 40.3    1.703    2.214   107.3    25.4    10.3
2002 03 27    07 29.28   +28 22.8    1.765    2.220   103.4    25.9    10.4
2002 04 01    07 34.47   +28 03.7    1.828    2.226    99.7    26.3    10.5
2002 04 06    07 40.18   +27 42.8    1.891    2.232    96.1    26.5    10.6

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