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Orbital Elements for BU84
WDS: BU84 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 1129.394 Orbital period (years)
a: 2.20836 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 97.332 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 179.628 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2086.059 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.76942 Eccentricity
ω: 252.208 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1461.0 Year
End-Year: 2589.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU84
Position: 031600.86-055507.3 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 03160-0555 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU84 Discover designation and components
ADS number: 2440 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 20319 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 15203 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 6.38 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 7.93 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2015 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 5 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: Flags

Double Star Orbit for BU84



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU84

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


Ephemeris of BU84
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.977      5.6
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1461.0     1.508    161.9
1471.0     1.472    161.3
1481.0     1.436    160.7
1491.0     1.400    160.1
1501.0     1.362    159.4
1511.0     1.325    158.7
1521.0     1.286    158.0
1531.0     1.248    157.2
1541.0     1.208    156.3
1551.0     1.169    155.4
1561.0     1.129    154.5
1571.0     1.088    153.4
1581.0     1.048    152.3
1591.0     1.007    151.1
1601.0     0.966    149.8
1611.0     0.925    148.4
1621.0     0.885    146.9
1631.0     0.844    145.2
1641.0     0.804    143.3
1651.0     0.764    141.2
1661.0     0.725    138.9
1671.0     0.686    136.4
1681.0     0.649    133.6
1691.0     0.613    130.4
1701.0     0.579    126.8
1711.0     0.547    122.8
1721.0     0.517    118.3
1731.0     0.491    113.3
1741.0     0.468    107.8
1751.0     0.450    101.8
1761.0     0.437     95.3
1771.0     0.429     88.5
1781.0     0.427     81.6
1791.0     0.431     74.7
1801.0     0.441     68.0
1811.0     0.456     61.7
1821.0     0.475     55.8
1831.0     0.499     50.5
1841.0     0.526     45.7
1851.0     0.555     41.3
1861.0     0.587     37.4
1871.0     0.621     34.0
1881.0     0.655     30.8
1891.0     0.690     28.0
1901.0     0.725     25.5
1911.0     0.761     23.2
1921.0     0.795     21.1
1931.0     0.829     19.2
1941.0     0.861     17.4
1951.0     0.892     15.8
1961.0     0.920     14.2
1971.0     0.945     12.8
1981.0     0.966     11.4
1991.0     0.982     10.0
2001.0     0.991      8.7
2011.0     0.993      7.4
2021.0     0.984      6.2
2031.0     0.961      4.8
2041.0     0.919      3.4
2051.0     0.849      1.8
2061.0     0.738    359.8
2071.0     0.567    356.8
2081.0     0.317    350.0
2091.0     0.067    263.1
2101.0     0.336    190.8
2111.0     0.608    184.7
2121.0     0.833    182.2
2131.0     1.019    180.7
2141.0     1.173    179.7
2151.0     1.304    178.8
2161.0     1.415    178.1
2171.0     1.511    177.6
2181.0     1.594    177.0
2191.0     1.666    176.6
2201.0     1.729    176.1
2211.0     1.783    175.7
2221.0     1.831    175.3
2231.0     1.872    174.9
2241.0     1.907    174.6
2251.0     1.938    174.2
2261.0     1.963    173.9
2271.0     1.985    173.6
2281.0     2.002    173.3
2291.0     2.016    173.0
2301.0     2.027    172.6
2311.0     2.035    172.3
2321.0     2.039    172.0
2331.0     2.042    171.7
2341.0     2.041    171.4
2351.0     2.039    171.1
2361.0     2.034    170.8
2371.0     2.027    170.5
2381.0     2.018    170.2
2391.0     2.007    169.9
2401.0     1.994    169.6
2411.0     1.980    169.2
2421.0     1.964    168.9
2431.0     1.946    168.6
2441.0     1.928    168.3
2451.0     1.907    167.9
2461.0     1.886    167.6
2471.0     1.863    167.2
2481.0     1.838    166.8
2491.0     1.813    166.4
2501.0     1.787    166.1
2511.0     1.759    165.7
2521.0     1.731    165.2
2531.0     1.701    164.8
2541.0     1.671    164.4
2551.0     1.639    163.9
2561.0     1.607    163.4
2571.0     1.574    162.9
2581.0     1.540    162.4






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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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