(52) Europa

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24371:
   (52) Europa
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Goffin
M 196.68107              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.18056312     Peri.  342.73975     -0.37271047     -0.92243645
a   3.1001546      Node   129.02243     +0.86598113     -0.38485699
e   0.1013440      Incl.    7.46868     +0.33341204     -0.03156105
P   5.46           H    6.31          G   0.18
From 1231 observations at 82 oppositions, 1858-1994, mean residual 0".80.
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 06 25    21 57.37   -13 09.1    2.686    3.389   126.4    14.0    11.9
2002 06 30    21 56.77   -13 21.2    2.628    3.387   131.3    13.0    11.8
2002 07 05    21 55.69   -13 36.1    2.575    3.385   136.4    12.0    11.7
2002 07 10    21 54.14   -13 53.7    2.526    3.383   141.6    10.7    11.6
2002 07 15    21 52.13   -14 13.8    2.483    3.381   147.0     9.4    11.5
2002 07 20    21 49.70   -14 36.2    2.445    3.379   152.4     8.0    11.4
2002 07 25    21 46.90   -15 00.4    2.414    3.377   157.9     6.5    11.3
2002 07 30    21 43.76   -15 26.0    2.389    3.374   163.5     4.9    11.2
2002 08 04    21 40.36   -15 52.6    2.370    3.372   169.2     3.2    11.1
2002 08 09    21 36.77   -16 19.6    2.359    3.370   174.7     1.6    11.0
2002 08 14    21 33.07   -16 46.6    2.355    3.368   177.7     0.7    10.9
2002 08 19    21 29.36   -17 12.8    2.358    3.365   173.0     2.1    11.0
2002 08 24    21 25.73   -17 37.9    2.369    3.363   167.4     3.8    11.2
2002 08 29    21 22.25   -18 01.5    2.386    3.360   161.7     5.4    11.3
2002 09 03    21 19.02   -18 23.0    2.411    3.358   156.0     7.0    11.3
2002 09 08    21 16.11   -18 42.3    2.441    3.355   150.5     8.5    11.4
2002 09 13    21 13.59   -18 59.0    2.478    3.352   145.0     9.9    11.5
2002 09 18    21 11.50   -19 13.1    2.521    3.349   139.6    11.2    11.6
2002 09 23    21 09.90   -19 24.4    2.568    3.347   134.3    12.4    11.7
2002 09 28    21 08.79   -19 33.0    2.620    3.344   129.1    13.5    11.8
2002 10 03    21 08.21   -19 38.9    2.676    3.341   124.0    14.4    11.8

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