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Double Star Calculator - Orbital Elements
- Revision:
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- Report created:
2025-07-11 19:15:16
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
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
Image from the USNO WDS 6th Orbit Catalog (see Acknowledgements)
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year Sep[“] PA[°]
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2025.0 0.216 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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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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