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Orbital Elements for WCK2AA,AB
WDS: WCK2AA,AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 16.907 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.15809800000000002 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 161.01 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 120.62 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2017.645 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.4615 Eccentricity
ω: 271.73 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2017.0 Year
End-Year: 2033.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for WCK2AA,AB
Position: 203938.25+155443.4 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 20396+1555 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: WCK2AA,AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 14121 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 196867 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 101958 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 3.86 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 6.43 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2019 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 1 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for WCK2AA,AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of WCK2AA,AB

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


Ephemeris of WCK2AA,AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.216     39.1
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2017.0     0.089    250.3
2018.0     0.083    184.9
2019.0     0.110    134.7
2020.0     0.140    105.6
2021.0     0.165     86.3
2022.0     0.184     71.7
2023.0     0.199     59.6
2024.0     0.210     49.0
2025.0     0.216     39.1
2026.0     0.218     29.7
2027.0     0.217     20.3
2028.0     0.212     10.6
2029.0     0.202      0.2
2030.0     0.188    348.6
2031.0     0.170    334.7
2032.0     0.145    316.7






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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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