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Orbital Elements for BU688AB
WDS: BU688AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 106.900 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.673 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 95.9 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 182.8 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1947.530 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.986 Eccentricity
ω: 106.7 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1972.0 Year
End-Year: 2078.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU688AB
Position: 214233.41+410251.0 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 21426+4103 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU688AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 15251 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 206656 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 107177 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.10 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.62 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2017 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for BU688AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU688AB

Image from the USNO WDS 6th Orbit Catalog (see Acknowledgements)


Ephemeris of BU688AB
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Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.421    198.2
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1972.0     0.247    208.7
1973.0     0.255    208.3
1974.0     0.263    207.9
1975.0     0.271    207.6
1976.0     0.278    207.2
1977.0     0.285    206.9
1978.0     0.292    206.6
1979.0     0.299    206.3
1980.0     0.306    206.0
1981.0     0.312    205.7
1982.0     0.319    205.4
1983.0     0.325    205.2
1984.0     0.331    204.9
1985.0     0.337    204.7
1986.0     0.342    204.5
1987.0     0.348    204.3
1988.0     0.353    204.1
1989.0     0.358    203.8
1990.0     0.363    203.6
1991.0     0.368    203.4
1992.0     0.372    203.3
1993.0     0.377    203.1
1994.0     0.381    202.9
1995.0     0.385    202.7
1996.0     0.389    202.5
1997.0     0.393    202.4
1998.0     0.396    202.2
1999.0     0.400    202.0
2000.0     0.403    201.9
2001.0     0.406    201.7
2002.0     0.409    201.6
2003.0     0.412    201.4
2004.0     0.414    201.2
2005.0     0.417    201.1
2006.0     0.419    200.9
2007.0     0.421    200.8
2008.0     0.422    200.6
2009.0     0.424    200.5
2010.0     0.425    200.4
2011.0     0.427    200.2
2012.0     0.428    200.1
2013.0     0.429    199.9
2014.0     0.429    199.8
2015.0     0.430    199.6
2016.0     0.430    199.5
2017.0     0.430    199.4
2018.0     0.429    199.2
2019.0     0.429    199.1
2020.0     0.428    198.9
2021.0     0.427    198.8
2022.0     0.426    198.6
2023.0     0.425    198.5
2024.0     0.423    198.4
2025.0     0.421    198.2
2026.0     0.419    198.1
2027.0     0.416    197.9
2028.0     0.413    197.8
2029.0     0.410    197.6
2030.0     0.407    197.4
2031.0     0.403    197.3
2032.0     0.398    197.1
2033.0     0.394    197.0
2034.0     0.389    196.8
2035.0     0.383    196.6
2036.0     0.378    196.4
2037.0     0.371    196.2
2038.0     0.364    196.1
2039.0     0.357    195.9
2040.0     0.349    195.6
2041.0     0.341    195.4
2042.0     0.331    195.2
2043.0     0.321    194.9
2044.0     0.310    194.7
2045.0     0.298    194.4
2046.0     0.285    194.1
2047.0     0.271    193.8
2048.0     0.255    193.4
2049.0     0.237    192.9
2050.0     0.217    192.4
2051.0     0.193    191.8
2052.0     0.165    191.0
2053.0     0.128    189.8
2054.0     0.070    187.0
2055.0     0.032    344.1
2056.0     0.030    317.5
2057.0     0.031    288.8
2058.0     0.037    265.7
2059.0     0.047    250.5
2060.0     0.058    240.8
2061.0     0.069    234.2
2062.0     0.081    229.5
2063.0     0.092    226.0
2064.0     0.104    223.2
2065.0     0.115    221.0
2066.0     0.126    219.2
2067.0     0.137    217.7
2068.0     0.147    216.4
2069.0     0.157    215.3
2070.0     0.167    214.3
2071.0     0.177    213.4
2072.0     0.187    212.6
2073.0     0.196    211.9
2074.0     0.205    211.2
2075.0     0.214    210.6
2076.0     0.223    210.1
2077.0     0.232    209.6






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Acknowledgements
The Double Star Calculator - Orbital Elements makes use of the Washington Double Star Sixth Catalog of Orbits of Visual Binary Stars, maintained at the U.S. Naval Observatory.


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