(65) Cybele

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 24085:
   (65) Cybele
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Bowell
M  16.39599              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.15465820     Peri.  105.93189     -0.14268890     +0.98944319
a   3.4373261      Node   155.82097     -0.93011517     -0.12529194
e   0.1038533      Incl.    3.54680     -0.33841639     -0.07282928
P   6.37           H    6.62          G   0.01
From 447 observations at 50 oppositions, 1870-1993, mean residual 0".65.
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 05    20 12.20   -16 21.8    2.334    3.110   132.4    13.9    11.9
2002 06 10    20 11.12   -16 23.9    2.287    3.112   137.5    12.7    11.8
2002 06 15    20 09.52   -16 28.2    2.245    3.114   142.6    11.4    11.7
2002 06 20    20 07.43   -16 34.4    2.209    3.116   147.9    10.0    11.6
2002 06 25    20 04.89   -16 42.5    2.178    3.119   153.2     8.4    11.5
2002 06 30    20 01.96   -16 52.3    2.152    3.121   158.6     6.8    11.4
2002 07 05    19 58.69   -17 03.5    2.133    3.124   164.1     5.1    11.2
2002 07 10    19 55.17   -17 15.9    2.121    3.126   169.5     3.4    11.1
2002 07 15    19 51.48   -17 29.3    2.115    3.129   174.6     1.8    11.0
2002 07 20    19 47.73   -17 43.2    2.117    3.132   176.3     1.2    10.9
2002 07 25    19 44.02   -17 57.4    2.125    3.134   172.1     2.5    11.1
2002 07 30    19 40.45   -18 11.5    2.140    3.137   166.8     4.2    11.2
2002 08 04    19 37.10   -18 25.3    2.162    3.140   161.3     5.9    11.3
2002 08 09    19 34.06   -18 38.7    2.190    3.143   155.8     7.6    11.5
2002 08 14    19 31.41   -18 51.3    2.225    3.146   150.4     9.1    11.6
2002 08 19    19 29.22   -19 03.0    2.265    3.149   145.1    10.6    11.7
2002 08 24    19 27.51   -19 13.7    2.311    3.152   139.9    11.9    11.8

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