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Double Star Calculator - Orbital Elements
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- Report created:
2025-07-11 17:00:39
WDS:
MCA15BA,BB
WDS ID/Discoverer
P:
16.260
Orbital period (years)
a:
0.2178
Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i:
92.35
Inclination (degrees)
Ω:
355.54
Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T:
1998.510
Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e:
0.57
Eccentricity
ω:
250.1
Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year:
2017.0
Year
End-Year:
2033.0
Year
Epoch:
2025.0
Besselian Epoch
Position:
042834.43+155744.0
Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID:
04287+1552
WDS designation
Discoverer Code:
MCA15BA,BB
Discover designation and components
ADS number:
.
Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number:
28307
HD catalog number
Hipparcos number:
20885
Hipparcos catalog number
V1:
3.84
Magnitude of the primary
V2:
7.3
Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox:
2000
Equinox
Date:
1994
Date of last observation
Orbit grade:
3
Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags:
n
Flags
Image from the USNO WDS 6th Orbit Catalog (see Acknowledgements)
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year Sep[“] PA[°]
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2025.0 0.026 324.3
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2017.0 0.198 355.2
2018.0 0.223 354.4
2019.0 0.225 353.7
2020.0 0.210 353.0
2021.0 0.185 352.1
2022.0 0.152 350.9
2023.0 0.113 348.8
2024.0 0.070 344.3
2025.0 0.026 324.3
2026.0 0.028 201.6
2027.0 0.072 184.3
2028.0 0.112 179.9
2029.0 0.139 177.7
2030.0 0.131 175.9
2031.0 0.037 170.0
2032.0 0.107 357.1
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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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