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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for RAO24
WDS: RAO24 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 68.200 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.62 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 154.3 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 326.7 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2003.477 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.774 Eccentricity
ω: 84.3 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1991.0 Year
End-Year: 2059.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for RAO24
Position: 205739.67+262418.2 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 20577+2624 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: RAO24 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 199598 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 103455 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 7.01 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 11. Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2015 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 5 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for RAO24



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of RAO24

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


Ephemeris of RAO24
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.908     78.7
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1991.0     0.705     31.1
1992.0     0.675     28.7
1993.0     0.643     26.0
1994.0     0.609     23.0
1995.0     0.572     19.7
1996.0     0.532     15.9
1997.0     0.489     11.5
1998.0     0.442      6.1
1999.0     0.391    359.4
2000.0     0.335    350.6
2001.0     0.272    337.9
2002.0     0.203    317.1
2003.0     0.139    275.2
2004.0     0.139    207.3
2005.0     0.205    165.5
2006.0     0.276    145.1
2007.0     0.342    132.9
2008.0     0.400    124.4
2009.0     0.453    118.1
2010.0     0.501    113.0
2011.0     0.545    108.7
2012.0     0.585    105.1
2013.0     0.623    101.9
2014.0     0.657     99.1
2015.0     0.690     96.5
2016.0     0.719     94.2
2017.0     0.747     92.0
2018.0     0.773     90.0
2019.0     0.797     88.2
2020.0     0.820     86.4
2021.0     0.840     84.7
2022.0     0.859     83.1
2023.0     0.877     81.6
2024.0     0.893     80.1
2025.0     0.908     78.7
2026.0     0.922     77.3
2027.0     0.934     75.9
2028.0     0.945     74.6
2029.0     0.955     73.4
2030.0     0.964     72.1
2031.0     0.971     70.9
2032.0     0.977     69.6
2033.0     0.983     68.4
2034.0     0.987     67.2
2035.0     0.990     66.1
2036.0     0.992     64.9
2037.0     0.992     63.7
2038.0     0.992     62.5
2039.0     0.991     61.3
2040.0     0.988     60.2
2041.0     0.984     59.0
2042.0     0.980     57.8
2043.0     0.974     56.6
2044.0     0.967     55.3
2045.0     0.959     54.1
2046.0     0.950     52.8
2047.0     0.939     51.5
2048.0     0.928     50.2
2049.0     0.915     48.8
2050.0     0.901     47.4
2051.0     0.886     46.0
2052.0     0.869     44.5
2053.0     0.851     42.9
2054.0     0.831     41.3
2055.0     0.811     39.5
2056.0     0.788     37.7
2057.0     0.764     35.8
2058.0     0.738     33.8






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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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