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Orbital Elements for B1870
WDS: B1870 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 111.300 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.153 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 126.9 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 110.7 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1999.760 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.487 Eccentricity
ω: 151.6 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1969.35 Year
End-Year: 2080.65 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for B1870
Position: 175404.21-482030.7 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 17541-4821 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: B1870 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 162551 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 87635 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 9.2 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 9.4 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2018 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: Tok2019c Reference

Double Star Orbit for B1870



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of B1870

-- 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 B1870
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.118   171.43
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1969.35    0.191   106.09
1970.35    0.188   104.98
1971.35    0.184   103.84
1972.35    0.180   102.64
1973.35    0.176   101.39
1974.35    0.172   100.08
1975.35    0.167    98.70
1976.35    0.162    97.23
1977.35    0.157    95.67
1978.35    0.151    93.99
1979.35    0.146    92.19
1980.35    0.140    90.24
1981.35    0.133    88.10
1982.35    0.127    85.75
1983.35    0.120    83.13
1984.35    0.113    80.20
1985.35    0.106    76.88
1986.35    0.098    73.06
1987.35    0.091    68.64
1988.35    0.084    63.44
1989.35    0.077    57.28
1990.35    0.070    49.92
1991.35    0.064    41.13
1992.35    0.060    30.78
1993.35    0.057    18.96
1994.35    0.055     6.18
1995.35    0.056   353.25
1996.35    0.058   341.01
1997.35    0.062   329.98
1998.35    0.066   320.31
1999.35    0.071   311.85
2000.35    0.075   304.39
2001.35    0.079   297.66
2002.35    0.081   291.47
2003.35    0.083   285.63
2004.35    0.085   280.01
2005.35    0.085   274.50
2006.35    0.085   269.03
2007.35    0.085   263.55
2008.35    0.084   258.00
2009.35    0.084   252.37
2010.35    0.083   246.67
2011.35    0.083   240.91
2012.35    0.083   235.12
2013.35    0.083   229.35
2014.35    0.084   223.63
2015.35    0.085   218.03
2016.35    0.086   212.60
2017.35    0.088   207.36
2018.35    0.090   202.37
2019.35    0.093   197.64
2020.35    0.096   193.18
2021.35    0.099   188.99
2022.35    0.102   185.08
2023.35    0.106   181.42
2024.35    0.110   178.01
2025.35    0.114   174.83
2026.35    0.118   171.86
2027.35    0.122   169.08
2028.35    0.126   166.49
2029.35    0.130   164.06
2030.35    0.134   161.78
2031.35    0.138   159.64
2032.35    0.142   157.61
2033.35    0.146   155.71
2034.35    0.150   153.90
2035.35    0.154   152.18
2036.35    0.158   150.55
2037.35    0.162   149.00
2038.35    0.165   147.52
2039.35    0.169   146.10
2040.35    0.173   144.74
2041.35    0.176   143.43
2042.35    0.179   142.17
2043.35    0.182   140.96
2044.35    0.185   139.78
2045.35    0.188   138.65
2046.35    0.191   137.54
2047.35    0.194   136.47
2048.35    0.196   135.43
2049.35    0.199   134.41
2050.35    0.201   133.42
2051.35    0.203   132.45
2052.35    0.205   131.50
2053.35    0.207   130.56
2054.35    0.209   129.64
2055.35    0.210   128.74
2056.35    0.212   127.85
2057.35    0.213   126.97
2058.35    0.214   126.10
2059.35    0.215   125.23
2060.35    0.216   124.38
2061.35    0.216   123.53
2062.35    0.217   122.68
2063.35    0.217   121.84
2064.35    0.217   121.00
2065.35    0.217   120.15
2066.35    0.217   119.31
2067.35    0.216   118.46
2068.35    0.216   117.61
2069.35    0.215   116.76
2070.35    0.214   115.89
2071.35    0.213   115.02
2072.35    0.211   114.14
2073.35    0.210   113.24
2074.35    0.208   112.33
2075.35    0.206   111.40
2076.35    0.204   110.45
2077.35    0.201   109.48
2078.35    0.198   108.49
2079.35    0.196   107.47
2080.35    0.192   106.41






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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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