(444) Gyptis

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 22573:

  (444) Gyptis
Epoch 2002 May 6.0 TT = JDT 2452400.5    (M-c)          Goffin
M 341.83966              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.21369577     Peri.  154.09480     +0.98289762     +0.17755425
a   2.7708016      Node   195.90764     -0.18408316     +0.95461748
e   0.1750018      Incl.   10.26749     +0.00506578     +0.23912329
P   4.61           H    7.83          G   0.22
From 509 observations at 60 oppositions, 1899-1992, mean residual 1".07.

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 07 25    00 41.62   +11 08.1    1.760    2.286   107.8    25.0    11.9
2002 07 30    00 45.03   +11 20.5    1.706    2.286   111.7    24.4    11.8
2002 08 04    00 47.88   +11 28.2    1.654    2.286   115.8    23.6    11.7
2002 08 09    00 50.14   +11 30.8    1.604    2.286   120.0    22.6    11.6
2002 08 14    00 51.78   +11 27.9    1.556    2.287   124.5    21.4    11.5
2002 08 19    00 52.76   +11 19.3    1.511    2.288   129.1    20.1    11.4
2002 08 24    00 53.08   +11 04.7    1.469    2.289   133.9    18.6    11.3
2002 08 29    00 52.74   +10 44.0    1.431    2.290   138.9    16.8    11.2
2002 09 03    00 51.74   +10 17.1    1.397    2.292   144.2    14.9    11.1
2002 09 08    00 50.11   +09 44.2    1.367    2.294   149.6    12.8    11.0
2002 09 13    00 47.91   +09 05.7    1.343    2.296   155.2    10.6    10.9
2002 09 18    00 45.24   +08 22.1    1.325    2.298   161.0     8.2    10.8
2002 09 23    00 42.19   +07 34.4    1.312    2.301   166.8     5.7    10.6
2002 09 28    00 38.89   +06 43.6    1.306    2.304   172.7     3.2    10.5
2002 10 03    00 35.46   +05 51.0    1.306    2.307   177.9     0.9    10.4
2002 10 08    00 32.06   +04 57.8    1.313    2.310   174.6     2.3    10.5
2002 10 13    00 28.83   +04 05.7    1.326    2.313   168.7     4.8    10.6
2002 10 18    00 25.91   +03 16.0    1.346    2.317   162.8     7.3    10.8
2002 10 23    00 23.41   +02 29.8    1.372    2.321   157.0     9.6    10.9
2002 10 28    00 21.41   +01 48.1    1.404    2.325   151.3    11.9    11.1
2002 11 02    00 19.99   +01 11.6    1.442    2.329   145.7    13.9    11.2
2002 11 07    00 19.19   +00 40.8    1.484    2.334   140.3    15.7    11.3
2002 11 12    00 19.05   +00 16.0    1.531    2.339   135.1    17.4    11.4
2002 11 17    00 19.56   -00 02.6    1.582    2.344   130.0    18.9    11.6
2002 11 22    00 20.72   -00 15.3    1.637    2.349   125.2    20.1    11.7
2002 11 27    00 22.50   -00 22.3    1.695    2.354   120.5    21.2    11.8
2002 12 02    00 24.88   -00 23.8    1.756    2.360   115.9    22.1    11.9

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