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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for HDS2981
WDS: HDS2981 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 19.320 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.099 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 156.4 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 16.9 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2023.330 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.35 Eccentricity
ω: 191.1 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 HDS2981
Position: 205540.79-660859.7 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 20557-6609 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: HDS2981 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 198678 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 103302 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.17 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 9.00 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2021 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: Flags

Double Star Orbit for HDS2981



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of HDS2981

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


Ephemeris of HDS2981
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Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.069    125.1
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2016.0     0.125    345.1
2017.0     0.117    334.5
2018.0     0.108    322.2
2019.0     0.097    307.3
2020.0     0.086    288.7
2021.0     0.076    264.7
2022.0     0.069    234.6
2023.0     0.065    199.2
2024.0     0.064    161.1
2025.0     0.069    125.1
2026.0     0.079     96.1
2027.0     0.092     74.6
2028.0     0.104     58.3
2029.0     0.115     45.3
2030.0     0.124     34.3
2031.0     0.129     24.6
2032.0     0.133     15.5
2033.0     0.133      6.6






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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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