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Orbital Elements for A980AB
WDS: A980AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 231.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.38 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 133.4 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 147.7 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1961.000 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.18 Eccentricity
ω: 68.0 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1909.5 Year
End-Year: 2140.5 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for A980AB
Position: 032823.56+601520.6 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 03284+6015 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: A980AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 2538 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 21203 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 16177 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 6.73 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.29 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 1950 Equinox
Date: 1988 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 4 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Baz1994 Reference

Double Star Orbit for A980AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of A980AB

-- 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 A980AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.403   321.49
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1909.50    0.350   171.69
1910.50    0.351   170.45
1911.50    0.351   169.22
1912.50    0.352   167.99
1913.50    0.353   166.76
1914.50    0.353   165.54
1915.50    0.354   164.33
1916.50    0.354   163.11
1917.50    0.354   161.90
1918.50    0.354   160.68
1919.50    0.354   159.47
1920.50    0.353   158.25
1921.50    0.353   157.03
1922.50    0.352   155.81
1923.50    0.352   154.58
1924.50    0.351   153.35
1925.50    0.350   152.11
1926.50    0.348   150.86
1927.50    0.347   149.60
1928.50    0.345   148.33
1929.50    0.344   147.05
1930.50    0.342   145.75
1931.50    0.340   144.44
1932.50    0.337   143.11
1933.50    0.335   141.76
1934.50    0.332   140.40
1935.50    0.329   139.01
1936.50    0.327   137.59
1937.50    0.323   136.15
1938.50    0.320   134.68
1939.50    0.317   133.18
1940.50    0.313   131.65
1941.50    0.310   130.08
1942.50    0.306   128.48
1943.50    0.302   126.83
1944.50    0.298   125.14
1945.50    0.294   123.40
1946.50    0.289   121.61
1947.50    0.285   119.77
1948.50    0.281   117.87
1949.50    0.276   115.91
1950.50    0.272   113.89
1951.50    0.268   111.80
1952.50    0.263   109.64
1953.50    0.259   107.41
1954.50    0.255   105.10
1955.50    0.250   102.72
1956.50    0.246   100.25
1957.50    0.242    97.71
1958.50    0.239    95.08
1959.50    0.235    92.37
1960.50    0.232    89.58
1961.50    0.229    86.71
1962.50    0.226    83.77
1963.50    0.223    80.76
1964.50    0.221    77.68
1965.50    0.220    74.55
1966.50    0.218    71.38
1967.50    0.217    68.16
1968.50    0.216    64.92
1969.50    0.216    61.67
1970.50    0.216    58.42
1971.50    0.217    55.18
1972.50    0.218    51.97
1973.50    0.219    48.79
1974.50    0.221    45.65
1975.50    0.223    42.57
1976.50    0.226    39.56
1977.50    0.229    36.61
1978.50    0.232    33.75
1979.50    0.235    30.96
1980.50    0.239    28.26
1981.50    0.243    25.64
1982.50    0.247    23.11
1983.50    0.252    20.66
1984.50    0.256    18.30
1985.50    0.261    16.02
1986.50    0.265    13.82
1987.50    0.270    11.70
1988.50    0.275     9.65
1989.50    0.280     7.68
1990.50    0.285     5.77
1991.50    0.290     3.93
1992.50    0.295     2.15
1993.50    0.300     0.43
1994.50    0.305   358.76
1995.50    0.310   357.15
1996.50    0.314   355.59
1997.50    0.319   354.07
1998.50    0.324   352.60
1999.50    0.328   351.17
2000.50    0.333   349.78
2001.50    0.337   348.42
2002.50    0.341   347.10
2003.50    0.346   345.81
2004.50    0.350   344.55
2005.50    0.353   343.32
2006.50    0.357   342.12
2007.50    0.361   340.94
2008.50    0.364   339.78
2009.50    0.368   338.64
2010.50    0.371   337.53
2011.50    0.374   336.43
2012.50    0.377   335.35
2013.50    0.380   334.29
2014.50    0.382   333.24
2015.50    0.385   332.21
2016.50    0.387   331.19
2017.50    0.389   330.18
2018.50    0.391   329.18
2019.50    0.393   328.20
2020.50    0.395   327.22
2021.50    0.397   326.25
2022.50    0.398   325.29
2023.50    0.400   324.33
2024.50    0.401   323.38
2025.50    0.402   322.43
2026.50    0.403   321.49
2027.50    0.403   320.56
2028.50    0.404   319.62
2029.50    0.405   318.69
2030.50    0.405   317.77
2031.50    0.405   316.84
2032.50    0.405   315.91
2033.50    0.405   314.99
2034.50    0.405   314.06
2035.50    0.405   313.13
2036.50    0.404   312.20
2037.50    0.404   311.27
2038.50    0.403   310.34
2039.50    0.403   309.40
2040.50    0.402   308.46
2041.50    0.401   307.51
2042.50    0.400   306.57
2043.50    0.399   305.61
2044.50    0.397   304.65
2045.50    0.396   303.68
2046.50    0.395   302.71
2047.50    0.393   301.73
2048.50    0.392   300.74
2049.50    0.390   299.75
2050.50    0.388   298.75
2051.50    0.387   297.73
2052.50    0.385   296.71
2053.50    0.383   295.68
2054.50    0.381   294.63
2055.50    0.379   293.58
2056.50    0.377   292.51
2057.50    0.375   291.44
2058.50    0.372   290.35
2059.50    0.370   289.24
2060.50    0.368   288.13
2061.50    0.366   287.00
2062.50    0.363   285.85
2063.50    0.361   284.69
2064.50    0.359   283.52
2065.50    0.357   282.33
2066.50    0.354   281.13
2067.50    0.352   279.91
2068.50    0.350   278.67
2069.50    0.347   277.42
2070.50    0.345   276.15
2071.50    0.343   274.86
2072.50    0.340   273.55
2073.50    0.338   272.23
2074.50    0.336   270.89
2075.50    0.334   269.53
2076.50    0.331   268.16
2077.50    0.329   266.76
2078.50    0.327   265.35
2079.50    0.325   263.92
2080.50    0.323   262.47
2081.50    0.321   261.01
2082.50    0.320   259.53
2083.50    0.318   258.03
2084.50    0.316   256.52
2085.50    0.314   254.99
2086.50    0.313   253.44
2087.50    0.312   251.88
2088.50    0.310   250.31
2089.50    0.309   248.72
2090.50    0.308   247.12
2091.50    0.307   245.51
2092.50    0.306   243.89
2093.50    0.305   242.26
2094.50    0.304   240.62
2095.50    0.304   238.97
2096.50    0.303   237.32
2097.50    0.303   235.66
2098.50    0.302   234.00
2099.50    0.302   232.34
2100.50    0.302   230.67
2101.50    0.302   229.01
2102.50    0.302   227.34
2103.50    0.303   225.68
2104.50    0.303   224.02
2105.50    0.303   222.37
2106.50    0.304   220.72
2107.50    0.305   219.07
2108.50    0.305   217.44
2109.50    0.306   215.81
2110.50    0.307   214.20
2111.50    0.308   212.59
2112.50    0.309   210.99
2113.50    0.310   209.41
2114.50    0.312   207.84
2115.50    0.313   206.28
2116.50    0.314   204.73
2117.50    0.316   203.20
2118.50    0.317   201.68
2119.50    0.319   200.18
2120.50    0.320   198.69
2121.50    0.322   197.21
2122.50    0.323   195.75
2123.50    0.325   194.30
2124.50    0.327   192.87
2125.50    0.328   191.45
2126.50    0.330   190.05
2127.50    0.332   188.66
2128.50    0.333   187.29
2129.50    0.335   185.92
2130.50    0.337   184.57
2131.50    0.338   183.24
2132.50    0.340   181.91
2133.50    0.341   180.60
2134.50    0.343   179.30
2135.50    0.344   178.01
2136.50    0.345   176.73
2137.50    0.346   175.46
2138.50    0.348   174.19
2139.50    0.349   172.94






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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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