(30) Urania

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:
   (30) Urania
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Bowell
M 150.44120              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.27099213     Peri.   86.26881     +0.82654129     -0.56213462
a   2.3650025      Node   307.93236     +0.50080445     +0.75784861
e   0.1274266      Incl.    2.09853     +0.25695212     +0.33116484
P   3.64           H    7.57          G   0.15
From 509 observations at 48 oppositions, 1869-1994, mean residual 0".70.
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 02 05    12 29.20   -05 19.1    1.846    2.565   127.1    17.8    11.9
2002 02 10    12 28.13   -05 18.8    1.798    2.570   132.5    16.5    11.8
2002 02 15    12 26.39   -05 14.1    1.755    2.574   137.9    14.9    11.7
2002 02 20    12 23.97   -05 04.9    1.716    2.579   143.6    13.2    11.6
2002 02 25    12 20.94   -04 51.4    1.682    2.584   149.4    11.3    11.5
2002 03 02    12 17.36   -04 34.0    1.654    2.588   155.3     9.2    11.3
2002 03 07    12 13.30   -04 12.9    1.633    2.592   161.3     7.0    11.2
2002 03 12    12 08.88   -03 48.8    1.618    2.597   167.4     4.8    11.1
2002 03 17    12 04.21   -03 22.3    1.610    2.601   173.3     2.5    11.0
2002 03 22    11 59.45   -02 54.3    1.609    2.605   177.3     1.0    10.8
2002 03 27    11 54.73   -02 25.7    1.615    2.608   173.1     2.6    11.0
2002 04 01    11 50.19   -01 57.4    1.629    2.612   167.2     4.9    11.1
2002 04 06    11 45.95   -01 30.2    1.649    2.616   161.2     7.1    11.3
2002 04 11    11 42.13   -01 05.0    1.675    2.619   155.3     9.2    11.4
2002 04 16    11 38.81   -00 42.4    1.708    2.623   149.5    11.2    11.5
2002 04 21    11 36.07   -00 22.9    1.747    2.626   143.9    13.0    11.6
2002 04 26    11 33.95   -00 07.0    1.790    2.629   138.4    14.7    11.8

Back to Bright Minor Planets

Astronomical Headlines Index

MPC