(20) Massalia

Orbital Elements

   (20) Massalia
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M 284.12799              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26365099     Peri.  255.77875     -0.21432932     -0.97674588
a   2.4087022      Node   206.59936     +0.90084497     -0.19548481
e   0.1428115      Incl.    0.70596     +0.37754640     -0.08805216
P   3.74           H    6.50          G   0.25           U   0
From 1670 observations at 96 oppositions, 1852-2001, mean residual 0".54.

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 09 13    04 58.47   +22 22.7    1.858    2.177    94.2    27.5    10.6
2002 09 18    05 04.79   +22 29.6    1.795    2.171    97.6    27.3    10.5
2002 09 23    05 10.66   +22 34.9    1.733    2.164   101.1    27.1    10.4
2002 09 28    05 16.01   +22 38.7    1.672    2.158   104.8    26.7    10.3
2002 10 03    05 20.77   +22 41.2    1.612    2.152   108.6    26.1    10.2
2002 10 08    05 24.90   +22 42.5    1.554    2.146   112.6    25.5    10.1
2002 10 13    05 28.32   +22 42.7    1.497    2.141   116.8    24.6    10.0
2002 10 18    05 30.98   +22 42.0    1.443    2.135   121.1    23.6     9.9
2002 10 23    05 32.83   +22 40.5    1.391    2.130   125.6    22.3     9.8
2002 10 28    05 33.81   +22 38.2    1.341    2.125   130.4    20.9     9.7
2002 11 02    05 33.88   +22 35.3    1.295    2.120   135.4    19.2     9.5
2002 11 07    05 33.01   +22 31.8    1.253    2.115   140.6    17.3     9.4
2002 11 12    05 31.21   +22 27.6    1.216    2.110   146.0    15.2     9.3
2002 11 17    05 28.52   +22 22.8    1.183    2.106   151.7    12.9     9.1
2002 11 22    05 25.00   +22 17.2    1.155    2.102   157.5    10.3     9.0
2002 11 27    05 20.77   +22 10.8    1.133    2.098   163.6     7.6     8.9
2002 12 02    05 15.97   +22 03.6    1.116    2.094   169.7     4.8     8.7
2002 12 07    05 10.79   +21 55.8    1.106    2.090   175.9     1.9     8.5
2002 12 12    05 05.45   +21 47.5    1.103    2.087   177.4     1.2     8.5
2002 12 17    05 00.18   +21 39.1    1.106    2.084   171.2     4.1     8.6
2002 12 22    04 55.21   +21 30.8    1.115    2.081   165.0     7.0     8.8
2002 12 27    04 50.74   +21 23.3    1.130    2.078   158.9     9.8     8.9
2003 01 01    04 46.92   +21 16.8    1.152    2.076   152.9    12.5     9.0
2003 01 06    04 43.90   +21 11.7    1.178    2.074   147.1    14.9     9.2
2003 01 11    04 41.78   +21 08.5    1.210    2.072   141.5    17.2     9.3
2003 01 16    04 40.61   +21 07.2    1.245    2.070   136.1    19.2     9.4
2003 01 21    04 40.40   +21 07.9    1.285    2.068   131.0    21.0     9.5
2003 01 26    04 41.13   +21 10.6    1.328    2.067   126.1    22.6     9.6
2003 01 31    04 42.79   +21 15.0    1.374    2.066   121.4    24.0     9.8

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