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Orbital Elements for A2338
WDS: A2338 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 180.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.308 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 38.3 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 157.3 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2005.980 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.736 Eccentricity
ω: 119.3 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1935.0 Year
End-Year: 2115.0 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for A2338
Position: 025111.57+014049.5 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 02512+0141 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: A2338 Discover designation and components
ADS number: 2177 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: . HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 13302 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 9.9 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 10.6 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2015 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Doc2016a Reference

Double Star Orbit for A2338



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of A2338

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


Legend:
Green plus signs:Visual (micrometric) measures
Violet asterisks:Photographic measures
Blue symbols:Various interferometric techniques
Dot-dash line:Indicates the line of nodes

Ephemeris of A2338
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.226    44.38
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1935.00    0.452   112.20
1936.00    0.451   112.69
1937.00    0.451   113.19
1938.00    0.450   113.69
1939.00    0.449   114.19
1940.00    0.448   114.69
1941.00    0.447   115.19
1942.00    0.446   115.70
1943.00    0.444   116.21
1944.00    0.443   116.72
1945.00    0.442   117.23
1946.00    0.440   117.75
1947.00    0.438   118.28
1948.00    0.437   118.80
1949.00    0.435   119.33
1950.00    0.433   119.87
1951.00    0.431   120.41
1952.00    0.429   120.96
1953.00    0.426   121.51
1954.00    0.424   122.06
1955.00    0.422   122.63
1956.00    0.419   123.20
1957.00    0.416   123.78
1958.00    0.414   124.36
1959.00    0.411   124.96
1960.00    0.408   125.56
1961.00    0.404   126.17
1962.00    0.401   126.79
1963.00    0.398   127.42
1964.00    0.394   128.06
1965.00    0.391   128.72
1966.00    0.387   129.39
1967.00    0.383   130.07
1968.00    0.379   130.76
1969.00    0.374   131.47
1970.00    0.370   132.20
1971.00    0.365   132.95
1972.00    0.361   133.71
1973.00    0.356   134.50
1974.00    0.351   135.30
1975.00    0.345   136.14
1976.00    0.340   137.00
1977.00    0.334   137.88
1978.00    0.328   138.80
1979.00    0.322   139.75
1980.00    0.316   140.74
1981.00    0.309   141.77
1982.00    0.303   142.85
1983.00    0.296   143.97
1984.00    0.288   145.16
1985.00    0.281   146.40
1986.00    0.273   147.72
1987.00    0.265   149.11
1988.00    0.256   150.60
1989.00    0.247   152.19
1990.00    0.238   153.90
1991.00    0.228   155.76
1992.00    0.218   157.78
1993.00    0.208   160.00
1994.00    0.197   162.47
1995.00    0.185   165.23
1996.00    0.173   168.37
1997.00    0.161   171.99
1998.00    0.147   176.24
1999.00    0.134   181.35
2000.00    0.120   187.64
2001.00    0.106   195.62
2002.00    0.092   206.06
2003.00    0.079   220.01
2004.00    0.070   238.43
2005.00    0.066   260.65
2006.00    0.069   283.30
2007.00    0.076   302.80
2008.00    0.086   318.24
2009.00    0.097   330.36
2010.00    0.107   340.11
2011.00    0.117   348.19
2012.00    0.126   355.05
2013.00    0.134     1.01
2014.00    0.143     6.27
2015.00    0.150    10.96
2016.00    0.158    15.20
2017.00    0.165    19.06
2018.00    0.172    22.59
2019.00    0.179    25.86
2020.00    0.186    28.88
2021.00    0.193    31.69
2022.00    0.199    34.32
2023.00    0.205    36.79
2024.00    0.211    39.11
2025.00    0.217    41.31
2026.00    0.223    43.38
2027.00    0.229    45.35
2028.00    0.235    47.22
2029.00    0.241    49.00
2030.00    0.246    50.70
2031.00    0.252    52.33
2032.00    0.257    53.88
2033.00    0.262    55.38
2034.00    0.268    56.81
2035.00    0.273    58.19
2036.00    0.278    59.53
2037.00    0.283    60.81
2038.00    0.288    62.05
2039.00    0.292    63.25
2040.00    0.297    64.41
2041.00    0.302    65.53
2042.00    0.306    66.62
2043.00    0.311    67.68
2044.00    0.315    68.71
2045.00    0.320    69.71
2046.00    0.324    70.68
2047.00    0.328    71.63
2048.00    0.332    72.55
2049.00    0.336    73.45
2050.00    0.340    74.33
2051.00    0.344    75.19
2052.00    0.348    76.03
2053.00    0.352    76.86
2054.00    0.356    77.66
2055.00    0.359    78.45
2056.00    0.363    79.23
2057.00    0.366    79.98
2058.00    0.370    80.73
2059.00    0.373    81.46
2060.00    0.376    82.18
2061.00    0.380    82.88
2062.00    0.383    83.58
2063.00    0.386    84.26
2064.00    0.389    84.93
2065.00    0.392    85.59
2066.00    0.395    86.25
2067.00    0.397    86.89
2068.00    0.400    87.52
2069.00    0.403    88.15
2070.00    0.406    88.76
2071.00    0.408    89.37
2072.00    0.411    89.97
2073.00    0.413    90.57
2074.00    0.415    91.16
2075.00    0.418    91.74
2076.00    0.420    92.31
2077.00    0.422    92.88
2078.00    0.424    93.45
2079.00    0.426    94.00
2080.00    0.428    94.56
2081.00    0.430    95.10
2082.00    0.432    95.65
2083.00    0.433    96.19
2084.00    0.435    96.72
2085.00    0.437    97.25
2086.00    0.438    97.78
2087.00    0.440    98.30
2088.00    0.441    98.82
2089.00    0.442    99.34
2090.00    0.444    99.85
2091.00    0.445   100.36
2092.00    0.446   100.87
2093.00    0.447   101.37
2094.00    0.448   101.88
2095.00    0.449   102.38
2096.00    0.450   102.88
2097.00    0.451   103.37
2098.00    0.451   103.87
2099.00    0.452   104.36
2100.00    0.453   104.86
2101.00    0.453   105.35
2102.00    0.453   105.84
2103.00    0.454   106.33
2104.00    0.454   106.82
2105.00    0.454   107.31
2106.00    0.454   107.79
2107.00    0.454   108.28
2108.00    0.454   108.77
2109.00    0.454   109.26
2110.00    0.454   109.75
2111.00    0.454   110.24
2112.00    0.454   110.73
2113.00    0.453   111.22
2114.00    0.453   111.71






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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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