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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for VSP51
WDS: VSP51 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 23.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.168 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 122.0 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 350.0 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2020.000 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.48 Eccentricity
ω: 10.0 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2014.0 Year
End-Year: 2036.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for VSP51
Position: 175125.75-535019.5 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 17514-5350 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: VSP51 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 161935 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 87386 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 6.2 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 9.0 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2018 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 5 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: Flags

Double Star Orbit for VSP51



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of VSP51

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


Ephemeris of VSP51
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Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.159    193.3
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2014.0     0.158    138.5
2015.0     0.130    128.5
2016.0     0.100    112.7
2017.0     0.077     85.5
2018.0     0.072     46.4
2019.0     0.084     11.8
2020.0     0.086    344.7
2021.0     0.068    310.7
2022.0     0.064    258.9
2023.0     0.090    221.4
2024.0     0.126    203.4
2025.0     0.159    193.3
2026.0     0.188    186.4
2027.0     0.210    181.3
2028.0     0.227    177.0
2029.0     0.239    173.2
2030.0     0.246    169.7
2031.0     0.247    166.4
2032.0     0.244    162.9
2033.0     0.236    159.4
2034.0     0.223    155.5
2035.0     0.205    151.0






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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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