(28) Bellona

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24219:
   (28) Bellona
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Bowell
M  35.02731              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21291828     Peri.  342.29786     -0.60160779     -0.79314359
a   2.7775427      Node   144.51740     +0.75121715     -0.60213186
e   0.1491665      Incl.    9.40191     +0.27155269     -0.09143559
P   4.63           H    7.09          G   0.15
From 544 observations at 55 oppositions, 1870-1992, mean residual 0".62.
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    10 25.40   +07 05.2    1.994    2.364    99.4    24.3    11.6
2001 12 12    10 29.61   +06 53.5    1.933    2.365   103.4    23.9    11.5
2001 12 17    10 33.29   +06 45.7    1.874    2.366   107.6    23.4    11.4
2001 12 22    10 36.41   +06 42.3    1.816    2.367   112.0    22.7    11.3
2001 12 27    10 38.95   +06 43.5    1.759    2.368   116.5    21.8    11.2
2002 01 01    10 40.85   +06 49.6    1.706    2.369   121.2    20.8    11.1
2002 01 06    10 42.11   +07 01.0    1.655    2.371   126.1    19.6    11.0
2002 01 11    10 42.67   +07 17.9    1.607    2.373   131.2    18.2    10.9
2002 01 16    10 42.54   +07 40.3    1.563    2.375   136.4    16.6    10.8
2002 01 21    10 41.71   +08 08.2    1.524    2.377   141.9    14.8    10.7
2002 01 26    10 40.21   +08 41.2    1.489    2.379   147.5    12.8    10.6
2002 01 31    10 38.08   +09 18.9    1.460    2.382   153.3    10.7    10.5
2002 02 05    10 35.39   +10 00.6    1.437    2.385   159.2     8.4    10.3
2002 02 10    10 32.21   +10 45.4    1.420    2.388   165.3     6.0    10.2
2002 02 15    10 28.66   +11 32.2    1.410    2.391   171.3     3.6    10.1
2002 02 20    10 24.89   +12 19.6    1.406    2.394   176.8     1.3     9.9
2002 02 25    10 21.03   +13 06.5    1.410    2.398   175.3     1.9    10.0
2002 03 02    10 17.25   +13 51.5    1.420    2.401   169.5     4.3    10.1
2002 03 07    10 13.67   +14 33.7    1.437    2.405   163.6     6.7    10.3
2002 03 12    10 10.44   +15 12.1    1.460    2.409   157.7     9.0    10.4
2002 03 17    10 07.67   +15 45.9    1.490    2.413   151.9    11.2    10.6
2002 03 22    10 05.47   +16 14.7    1.525    2.418   146.3    13.2    10.7
2002 03 27    10 03.89   +16 38.2    1.565    2.422   140.8    15.1    10.8
2002 04 01    10 02.96   +16 56.4    1.610    2.427   135.6    16.7    10.9
2002 04 06    10 02.72   +17 09.3    1.659    2.431   130.6    18.2    11.1
2002 04 11    10 03.15   +17 17.2    1.711    2.436   125.7    19.5    11.2
2002 04 16    10 04.25   +17 20.1    1.767    2.441   121.1    20.6    11.3
2002 04 21    10 05.99   +17 18.3    1.826    2.447   116.6    21.5    11.4
2002 04 26    10 08.33   +17 12.3    1.886    2.452   112.3    22.3    11.5
2002 05 01    10 11.23   +17 02.1    1.949    2.457   108.2    22.9    11.6
2002 05 06    10 14.64   +16 48.3    2.013    2.463   104.2    23.4    11.7
2002 05 11    10 18.54   +16 30.9    2.078    2.469   100.3    23.7    11.8
2002 05 16    10 22.86   +16 10.2    2.145    2.474    96.6    23.9    11.8

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