(29) Amphitrite

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 23111:
   (29) Amphitrite
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Bowell
M 228.81581              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.24131446     Peri.   62.31125     +0.51683175     -0.85606308
a   2.5551348      Node   356.54857     +0.74324726     +0.45240525
e   0.0716067      Incl.    6.10123     +0.42481578     +0.24997100
P   4.08           H    5.85          G   0.20
From 707 observations at 54 oppositions, 1868-1992, mean residual 0".58.
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
 
2002 04 26    20 22.74   -26 10.0    2.427    2.688    93.7    21.9    10.9
2002 05 01    20 27.15   -26 04.9    2.360    2.685    97.6    21.8    10.9
2002 05 06    20 31.08   -26 01.4    2.292    2.683   101.5    21.6    10.8
2002 05 11    20 34.48   -25 59.6    2.226    2.680   105.6    21.3    10.7
2002 05 16    20 37.33   -25 59.7    2.161    2.677   109.7    20.8    10.6
2002 05 21    20 39.58   -26 01.9    2.098    2.674   114.0    20.2    10.5
2002 05 26    20 41.22   -26 06.2    2.037    2.672   118.4    19.5    10.4
2002 05 31    20 42.19   -26 12.7    1.978    2.669   123.0    18.6    10.4
2002 06 05    20 42.48   -26 21.4    1.922    2.666   127.6    17.5    10.3
2002 06 10    20 42.06   -26 32.1    1.870    2.663   132.5    16.3    10.2
2002 06 15    20 40.91   -26 44.7    1.821    2.660   137.4    15.0    10.1
2002 06 20    20 39.04   -26 58.7    1.777    2.657   142.5    13.5    10.0
2002 06 25    20 36.47   -27 13.9    1.738    2.654   147.7    11.8     9.8
2002 06 30    20 33.23   -27 29.7    1.704    2.651   153.0    10.0     9.7
2002 07 05    20 29.38   -27 45.4    1.676    2.647   158.3     8.2     9.6
2002 07 10    20 25.00   -28 00.4    1.654    2.644   163.4     6.3     9.5
2002 07 15    20 20.20   -28 14.1    1.638    2.641   168.1     4.6     9.4
2002 07 20    20 15.12   -28 25.8    1.629    2.638   171.2     3.4     9.3
2002 07 25    20 09.91   -28 34.9    1.626    2.634   171.0     3.4     9.3
2002 07 30    20 04.72   -28 41.1    1.630    2.631   167.6     4.7     9.4
2002 08 04    19 59.71   -28 44.1    1.641    2.627   162.9     6.5     9.5
2002 08 09    19 55.02   -28 43.9    1.658    2.624   157.6     8.5     9.6
2002 08 14    19 50.79   -28 40.4    1.681    2.620   152.3    10.4     9.7
2002 08 19    19 47.13   -28 33.9    1.710    2.617   147.0    12.2     9.8
2002 08 24    19 44.14   -28 24.6    1.744    2.613   141.7    13.9     9.9
2002 08 29    19 41.85   -28 12.9    1.783    2.610   136.5    15.4    10.0
2002 09 03    19 40.31   -27 59.0    1.826    2.606   131.5    16.9    10.1
2002 09 08    19 39.53   -27 43.2    1.873    2.602   126.6    18.1    10.2
2002 09 13    19 39.52   -27 25.7    1.923    2.599   121.8    19.2    10.3
2002 09 18    19 40.25   -27 06.8    1.977    2.595   117.2    20.1    10.3
2002 09 23    19 41.69   -26 46.6    2.032    2.591   112.8    20.9    10.4
2002 09 28    19 43.81   -26 25.3    2.090    2.588   108.4    21.6    10.5
2002 10 03    19 46.56   -26 02.8    2.149    2.584   104.2    22.1    10.6
2002 10 08    19 49.90   -25 39.2    2.210    2.580   100.1    22.4    10.6
2002 10 13    19 53.80   -25 14.5    2.271    2.576    96.1    22.6    10.7

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