(192) Nausikaa

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 31001:
  (192) Nausikaa
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5                   Goffin
M 158.32022              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26480314     Peri.   29.84814     +0.97211345     -0.23205951
a   2.4017103      Node   343.46719     +0.18467335     +0.84640594
e   0.2475756      Incl.    6.82574     +0.14453787     +0.47931761
P   3.72           H    7.13          G   0.03           U   0
From 864 observations at 67 oppositions, 1847-1996, mean residual 0".53.
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    11 49.76   +00 58.7    2.061    2.877   138.7    13.1    11.9
2002 02 10    11 46.86   +01 07.4    2.023    2.883   144.5    11.5    11.8
2002 02 15    11 43.42   +01 19.4    1.990    2.890   150.4     9.7    11.7
2002 02 20    11 39.48   +01 34.3    1.963    2.897   156.5     7.8    11.5
2002 02 25    11 35.14   +01 51.7    1.943    2.903   162.6     5.9    11.4
2002 03 02    11 30.49   +02 11.0    1.930    2.909   168.8     3.8    11.3
2002 03 07    11 25.65   +02 31.6    1.925    2.915   175.0     1.7    11.1
2002 03 12    11 20.74   +02 52.8    1.927    2.920   178.2     0.6    11.0
2002 03 17    11 15.87   +03 14.0    1.937    2.926   172.3     2.6    11.2
2002 03 22    11 11.18   +03 34.5    1.954    2.931   166.1     4.7    11.4
2002 03 27    11 06.79   +03 53.5    1.978    2.936   160.1     6.7    11.5
2002 04 01    11 02.77   +04 10.6    2.009    2.941   154.1     8.5    11.7
2002 04 06    10 59.21   +04 25.4    2.047    2.945   148.3    10.3    11.8

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