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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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- Report created: 2025-07-11 17:43:57

Orbital Elements for DEL2
WDS: DEL2 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 5.532 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.391 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 123.7 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 280.1 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2006.441 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.771 Eccentricity
ω: 19.8 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2023.0 Year
End-Year: 2027.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for DEL2
Position: 085856.32+082826.1 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 08589+0829 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: DEL2 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: . HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: . Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 10.7 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 12.7 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2022 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 2 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for DEL2



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of DEL2

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


Ephemeris of DEL2
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.647     95.2
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2023.0     0.094    284.8
2024.0     0.465    106.2
2025.0     0.647     95.2
2026.0     0.654     87.2






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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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