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Orbital Elements for A998
WDS: A998 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 158.245 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.2814 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 123.76 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 170.76 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2010.160 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.6922 Eccentricity
ω: 46.91 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1945.8775 Year
End-Year: 2104.1225 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for A998
Position: 040854.55+461340.2 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 04089+4614 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: A998 Discover designation and components
ADS number: 3007 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 25987 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 19366 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 7.87 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.50 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 1989 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: Pop2000a Reference

Double Star Orbit for A998



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of A998

-- 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 A998
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.230   356.76
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1945.88    0.338   311.74
1946.88    0.335   311.10
1947.88    0.331   310.44
1948.88    0.328   309.78
1949.88    0.324   309.10
1950.88    0.320   308.40
1951.88    0.317   307.69
1952.88    0.313   306.96
1953.88    0.309   306.21
1954.88    0.305   305.45
1955.88    0.301   304.66
1956.88    0.297   303.85
1957.88    0.293   303.02
1958.88    0.289   302.16
1959.88    0.284   301.28
1960.88    0.280   300.37
1961.88    0.276   299.44
1962.88    0.271   298.47
1963.88    0.267   297.47
1964.88    0.262   296.44
1965.88    0.258   295.37
1966.88    0.253   294.26
1967.88    0.248   293.11
1968.88    0.244   291.92
1969.88    0.239   290.67
1970.88    0.234   289.38
1971.88    0.230   288.04
1972.88    0.225   286.64
1973.88    0.220   285.18
1974.88    0.215   283.66
1975.88    0.211   282.06
1976.88    0.206   280.39
1977.88    0.201   278.65
1978.88    0.196   276.82
1979.88    0.192   274.90
1980.88    0.187   272.89
1981.88    0.183   270.77
1982.88    0.178   268.55
1983.88    0.174   266.22
1984.88    0.170   263.77
1985.88    0.165   261.19
1986.88    0.161   258.48
1987.88    0.157   255.64
1988.88    0.154   252.65
1989.88    0.150   249.52
1990.88    0.147   246.25
1991.88    0.144   242.83
1992.88    0.141   239.26
1993.88    0.138   235.54
1994.88    0.136   231.68
1995.88    0.133   227.68
1996.88    0.131   223.55
1997.88    0.129   219.29
1998.88    0.127   214.91
1999.88    0.126   210.39
2000.88    0.124   205.75
2001.88    0.122   200.97
2002.88    0.120   196.01
2003.88    0.117   190.84
2004.88    0.113   185.37
2005.88    0.108   179.47
2006.88    0.102   172.93
2007.88    0.094   165.37
2008.88    0.083   156.15
2009.88    0.072   144.16
2010.88    0.061   127.69
2011.88    0.054   105.47
2012.88    0.054    80.17
2013.88    0.062    58.25
2014.88    0.075    42.50
2015.88    0.089    31.65
2016.88    0.105    23.97
2017.88    0.121    18.26
2018.88    0.136    13.84
2019.88    0.150    10.30
2020.88    0.164     7.36
2021.88    0.177     4.87
2022.88    0.190     2.72
2023.88    0.202     0.83
2024.88    0.213   359.15
2025.88    0.224   357.63
2026.88    0.234   356.25
2027.88    0.244   354.99
2028.88    0.253   353.81
2029.88    0.262   352.72
2030.88    0.270   351.70
2031.88    0.278   350.74
2032.88    0.286   349.83
2033.88    0.293   348.97
2034.88    0.300   348.15
2035.88    0.307   347.36
2036.88    0.313   346.61
2037.88    0.319   345.89
2038.88    0.325   345.19
2039.88    0.330   344.52
2040.88    0.335   343.86
2041.88    0.340   343.23
2042.88    0.345   342.61
2043.88    0.349   342.01
2044.88    0.353   341.43
2045.88    0.357   340.85
2046.88    0.361   340.29
2047.88    0.365   339.74
2048.88    0.368   339.21
2049.88    0.371   338.68
2050.88    0.374   338.16
2051.88    0.377   337.64
2052.88    0.379   337.14
2053.88    0.382   336.64
2054.88    0.384   336.15
2055.88    0.386   335.66
2056.88    0.388   335.18
2057.88    0.390   334.70
2058.88    0.391   334.22
2059.88    0.393   333.75
2060.88    0.394   333.29
2061.88    0.395   332.82
2062.88    0.396   332.36
2063.88    0.397   331.90
2064.88    0.398   331.44
2065.88    0.398   330.99
2066.88    0.399   330.53
2067.88    0.399   330.08
2068.88    0.399   329.62
2069.88    0.399   329.17
2070.88    0.399   328.72
2071.88    0.399   328.26
2072.88    0.399   327.81
2073.88    0.398   327.35
2074.88    0.398   326.90
2075.88    0.397   326.44
2076.88    0.396   325.98
2077.88    0.396   325.52
2078.88    0.395   325.06
2079.88    0.394   324.59
2080.88    0.392   324.13
2081.88    0.391   323.65
2082.88    0.390   323.18
2083.88    0.388   322.70
2084.88    0.387   322.22
2085.88    0.385   321.74
2086.88    0.383   321.25
2087.88    0.381   320.75
2088.88    0.379   320.25
2089.88    0.377   319.75
2090.88    0.375   319.24
2091.88    0.373   318.72
2092.88    0.370   318.19
2093.88    0.368   317.66
2094.88    0.365   317.13
2095.88    0.363   316.58
2096.88    0.360   316.03
2097.88    0.357   315.47
2098.88    0.354   314.90
2099.88    0.351   314.32
2100.88    0.348   313.73
2101.88    0.345   313.13
2102.88    0.342   312.51
2103.88    0.339   311.89






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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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