(16) Psyche

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 35055:
   (16) Psyche
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M 145.24151              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.19760860     Peri.  228.34171     +0.94668219     -0.32106003
a   2.9192111      Node   150.35632     +0.30930509     +0.88256215
e   0.1396548      Incl.    3.09535     +0.09012880     +0.34351785
P   4.99           H    5.90          G   0.20           U   0
From 1831 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-1998, mean residual 0".53.
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 12    11 10.75   +05 09.7    2.928    3.143    93.3    18.2    11.6
2001 12 17    11 13.26   +04 56.9    2.861    3.148    97.8    18.0    11.6
2001 12 22    11 15.34   +04 47.0    2.794    3.154   102.3    17.7    11.5
2001 12 27    11 16.95   +04 40.2    2.728    3.159   107.0    17.3    11.4
2002 01 01    11 18.07   +04 36.6    2.664    3.164   111.8    16.8    11.4
2002 01 06    11 18.70   +04 36.4    2.603    3.169   116.8    16.1    11.3
2002 01 11    11 18.80   +04 39.6    2.543    3.174   121.9    15.3    11.2
2002 01 16    11 18.36   +04 46.4    2.488    3.179   127.1    14.3    11.1
2002 01 21    11 17.39   +04 56.7    2.436    3.184   132.5    13.2    11.1
2002 01 26    11 15.90   +05 10.5    2.389    3.189   138.0    11.9    11.0
2002 01 31    11 13.90   +05 27.6    2.347    3.194   143.6    10.5    10.9
2002 02 05    11 11.43   +05 47.7    2.310    3.199   149.4     9.0    10.8
2002 02 10    11 08.52   +06 10.4    2.280    3.203   155.3     7.4    10.7
2002 02 15    11 05.25   +06 35.4    2.257    3.208   161.2     5.7    10.6
2002 02 20    11 01.69   +07 01.9    2.241    3.212   167.3     3.9    10.5
2002 02 25    10 57.92   +07 29.5    2.232    3.217   173.3     2.1    10.4
2002 03 02    10 54.05   +07 57.5    2.230    3.221   179.0     0.3    10.3
2002 03 07    10 50.16   +08 25.1    2.236    3.225   174.4     1.7    10.4
2002 03 12    10 46.35   +08 51.8    2.250    3.229   168.4     3.5    10.5
2002 03 17    10 42.73   +09 17.0    2.271    3.234   162.4     5.3    10.6
2002 03 22    10 39.38   +09 40.1    2.299    3.238   156.6     7.0    10.7
2002 03 27    10 36.37   +10 00.7    2.334    3.241   150.8     8.6    10.8
2002 04 01    10 33.77   +10 18.5    2.375    3.245   145.2    10.1    10.9
2002 04 06    10 31.62   +10 33.3    2.421    3.249   139.7    11.5    11.0
2002 04 11    10 29.96   +10 44.9    2.473    3.253   134.3    12.7    11.1
2002 04 16    10 28.80   +10 53.3    2.529    3.256   129.1    13.8    11.2
2002 04 21    10 28.15   +10 58.5    2.590    3.260   124.0    14.8    11.3
2002 04 26    10 28.02   +11 00.6    2.653    3.263   119.1    15.6    11.4
2002 05 01    10 28.38   +10 59.6    2.720    3.267   114.3    16.3    11.5
2002 05 06    10 29.22   +10 55.6    2.789    3.270   109.7    16.9    11.5
2002 05 11    10 30.52   +10 48.9    2.860    3.273   105.2    17.3    11.6
2002 05 16    10 32.26   +10 39.5    2.932    3.276   100.8    17.6    11.7
2002 05 21    10 34.41   +10 27.5    3.005    3.279    96.6    17.9    11.7
2002 05 26    10 36.95   +10 13.1    3.079    3.282    92.4    18.0    11.8

Back to Bright Minor Planets

Astronomical Headlines Index

MPC