(28) Bellona(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.
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