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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for ELP40
WDS: ELP40 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 19.690 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.117 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 141.6 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 37.6 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2009.120 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.235 Eccentricity
ω: 7.8 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2016.0 Year
End-Year: 2034.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for ELP40
Position: 171503.61-274939.7 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 17151-2750 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: ELP40 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: . HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: . Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.06 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.22 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: Flags

Double Star Orbit for ELP40



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of ELP40

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


Ephemeris of ELP40
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.089    126.2
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2016.0     0.131    240.3
2017.0     0.139    229.8
2018.0     0.144    220.3
2019.0     0.144    211.2
2020.0     0.140    201.7
2021.0     0.133    191.6
2022.0     0.123    179.9
2023.0     0.110    165.8
2024.0     0.098    148.2
2025.0     0.089    126.2
2026.0     0.085    100.9
2027.0     0.087     75.1
2028.0     0.090     50.7
2029.0     0.089     26.9
2030.0     0.084      1.4
2031.0     0.081    333.0
2032.0     0.085    304.7
2033.0     0.095    281.0






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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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