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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for BU172AB
WDS: BU172AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 145.070 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.402 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 161.4 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 113.5 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1987.660 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.702 Eccentricity
ω: 296.9 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1953.0 Year
End-Year: 2097.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU172AB
Position: 222406.87-045013.2 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 22241-0450 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU172AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 15902 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 212404 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 110578 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 6.45 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 6.63 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2014 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 2 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for BU172AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU172AB

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


Ephemeris of BU172AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.536     20.8
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1953.0     0.536    328.3
1954.0     0.529    327.4
1955.0     0.521    326.4
1956.0     0.513    325.4
1957.0     0.505    324.3
1958.0     0.497    323.2
1959.0     0.488    322.1
1960.0     0.479    321.0
1961.0     0.470    319.8
1962.0     0.460    318.5
1963.0     0.450    317.2
1964.0     0.440    315.8
1965.0     0.429    314.4
1966.0     0.418    312.9
1967.0     0.407    311.3
1968.0     0.395    309.6
1969.0     0.383    307.8
1970.0     0.371    305.9
1971.0     0.358    303.9
1972.0     0.344    301.7
1973.0     0.330    299.3
1974.0     0.316    296.7
1975.0     0.301    293.9
1976.0     0.285    290.7
1977.0     0.269    287.2
1978.0     0.253    283.2
1979.0     0.235    278.7
1980.0     0.218    273.4
1981.0     0.200    267.2
1982.0     0.182    259.7
1983.0     0.164    250.7
1984.0     0.147    239.5
1985.0     0.132    225.5
1986.0     0.121    208.5
1987.0     0.115    188.9
1988.0     0.116    168.4
1989.0     0.123    149.2
1990.0     0.134    132.7
1991.0     0.148    118.9
1992.0     0.163    107.7
1993.0     0.179     98.4
1994.0     0.195     90.7
1995.0     0.211     84.1
1996.0     0.227     78.5
1997.0     0.242     73.5
1998.0     0.257     69.2
1999.0     0.272     65.3
2000.0     0.286     61.8
2001.0     0.300     58.7
2002.0     0.313     55.8
2003.0     0.326     53.1
2004.0     0.339     50.7
2005.0     0.351     48.4
2006.0     0.363     46.3
2007.0     0.375     44.3
2008.0     0.386     42.4
2009.0     0.397     40.7
2010.0     0.408     39.0
2011.0     0.418     37.4
2012.0     0.429     35.9
2013.0     0.438     34.5
2014.0     0.448     33.1
2015.0     0.457     31.8
2016.0     0.466     30.5
2017.0     0.475     29.3
2018.0     0.483     28.1
2019.0     0.492     27.0
2020.0     0.500     25.9
2021.0     0.507     24.8
2022.0     0.515     23.8
2023.0     0.522     22.8
2024.0     0.529     21.8
2025.0     0.536     20.8
2026.0     0.543     19.9
2027.0     0.549     19.0
2028.0     0.555     18.1
2029.0     0.561     17.2
2030.0     0.567     16.4
2031.0     0.573     15.5
2032.0     0.578     14.7
2033.0     0.583     13.9
2034.0     0.589     13.1
2035.0     0.593     12.4
2036.0     0.598     11.6
2037.0     0.602     10.8
2038.0     0.607     10.1
2039.0     0.611      9.4
2040.0     0.615      8.7
2041.0     0.618      7.9
2042.0     0.622      7.2
2043.0     0.625      6.5
2044.0     0.628      5.9
2045.0     0.631      5.2
2046.0     0.634      4.5
2047.0     0.637      3.8
2048.0     0.639      3.2
2049.0     0.642      2.5
2050.0     0.644      1.8
2051.0     0.646      1.2
2052.0     0.648      0.5
2053.0     0.649    359.9
2054.0     0.651    359.3
2055.0     0.652    358.6
2056.0     0.653    358.0
2057.0     0.654    357.4
2058.0     0.655    356.7
2059.0     0.655    356.1
2060.0     0.656    355.5
2061.0     0.656    354.8
2062.0     0.656    354.2
2063.0     0.656    353.6
2064.0     0.656    352.9
2065.0     0.655    352.3
2066.0     0.655    351.7
2067.0     0.654    351.1
2068.0     0.653    350.4
2069.0     0.652    349.8
2070.0     0.651    349.1
2071.0     0.649    348.5
2072.0     0.648    347.9
2073.0     0.646    347.2
2074.0     0.644    346.6
2075.0     0.642    345.9
2076.0     0.639    345.3
2077.0     0.637    344.6
2078.0     0.634    343.9
2079.0     0.631    343.2
2080.0     0.628    342.6
2081.0     0.625    341.9
2082.0     0.621    341.2
2083.0     0.617    340.5
2084.0     0.613    339.7
2085.0     0.609    339.0
2086.0     0.605    338.3
2087.0     0.601    337.5
2088.0     0.596    336.8
2089.0     0.591    336.0
2090.0     0.586    335.2
2091.0     0.580    334.4
2092.0     0.575    333.6
2093.0     0.569    332.8
2094.0     0.563    332.0
2095.0     0.557    331.1
2096.0     0.550    330.2






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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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