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Orbital Elements for BU232AB
WDS: BU232AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 205.200 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.547 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 31.5 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 66.4 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1914.480 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.6277 Eccentricity
ω: 10.1 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1922.4 Year
End-Year: 2127.6 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU232AB
Position: 005025.10+503749.6 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 00504+5038 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU232AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 684 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 4777 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: . Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.46 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.79 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2025 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: n Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Sca2025a Reference

Double Star Orbit for BU232AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU232AB

-- 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 BU232AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.877   259.25
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1922.40    0.226   139.30
1923.40    0.235   145.84
1924.40    0.246   151.86
1925.40    0.257   157.39
1926.40    0.269   162.45
1927.40    0.281   167.07
1928.40    0.294   171.29
1929.40    0.307   175.15
1930.40    0.320   178.69
1931.40    0.334   181.95
1932.40    0.348   184.95
1933.40    0.361   187.73
1934.40    0.375   190.30
1935.40    0.388   192.69
1936.40    0.402   194.93
1937.40    0.415   197.02
1938.40    0.428   198.98
1939.40    0.441   200.82
1940.40    0.454   202.56
1941.40    0.467   204.20
1942.40    0.479   205.76
1943.40    0.491   207.24
1944.40    0.503   208.65
1945.40    0.515   209.99
1946.40    0.527   211.28
1947.40    0.538   212.51
1948.40    0.549   213.68
1949.40    0.560   214.81
1950.40    0.571   215.90
1951.40    0.582   216.95
1952.40    0.592   217.96
1953.40    0.602   218.94
1954.40    0.612   219.88
1955.40    0.622   220.80
1956.40    0.632   221.69
1957.40    0.641   222.55
1958.40    0.650   223.38
1959.40    0.659   224.20
1960.40    0.668   224.99
1961.40    0.676   225.76
1962.40    0.684   226.51
1963.40    0.693   227.25
1964.40    0.701   227.97
1965.40    0.708   228.67
1966.40    0.716   229.36
1967.40    0.723   230.03
1968.40    0.731   230.69
1969.40    0.738   231.33
1970.40    0.744   231.97
1971.40    0.751   232.59
1972.40    0.758   233.20
1973.40    0.764   233.81
1974.40    0.770   234.40
1975.40    0.776   234.98
1976.40    0.782   235.56
1977.40    0.787   236.12
1978.40    0.793   236.68
1979.40    0.798   237.23
1980.40    0.803   237.77
1981.40    0.808   238.31
1982.40    0.813   238.84
1983.40    0.818   239.36
1984.40    0.822   239.88
1985.40    0.827   240.39
1986.40    0.831   240.90
1987.40    0.835   241.40
1988.40    0.839   241.90
1989.40    0.842   242.39
1990.40    0.846   242.88
1991.40    0.849   243.37
1992.40    0.853   243.85
1993.40    0.856   244.33
1994.40    0.859   244.80
1995.40    0.862   245.27
1996.40    0.864   245.74
1997.40    0.867   246.21
1998.40    0.869   246.67
1999.40    0.871   247.13
2000.40    0.873   247.59
2001.40    0.875   248.04
2002.40    0.877   248.50
2003.40    0.879   248.95
2004.40    0.880   249.40
2005.40    0.881   249.85
2006.40    0.883   250.30
2007.40    0.884   250.74
2008.40    0.885   251.19
2009.40    0.885   251.63
2010.40    0.886   252.08
2011.40    0.887   252.52
2012.40    0.887   252.96
2013.40    0.887   253.41
2014.40    0.887   253.85
2015.40    0.887   254.29
2016.40    0.887   254.73
2017.40    0.886   255.18
2018.40    0.886   255.62
2019.40    0.885   256.07
2020.40    0.885   256.51
2021.40    0.884   256.96
2022.40    0.883   257.40
2023.40    0.881   257.85
2024.40    0.880   258.30
2025.40    0.879   258.75
2026.40    0.877   259.20
2027.40    0.875   259.66
2028.40    0.873   260.11
2029.40    0.871   260.57
2030.40    0.869   261.03
2031.40    0.867   261.49
2032.40    0.864   261.96
2033.40    0.862   262.43
2034.40    0.859   262.90
2035.40    0.856   263.37
2036.40    0.853   263.85
2037.40    0.850   264.33
2038.40    0.847   264.81
2039.40    0.843   265.30
2040.40    0.840   265.79
2041.40    0.836   266.29
2042.40    0.832   266.79
2043.40    0.828   267.29
2044.40    0.824   267.80
2045.40    0.820   268.32
2046.40    0.815   268.84
2047.40    0.811   269.37
2048.40    0.806   269.90
2049.40    0.801   270.44
2050.40    0.796   270.99
2051.40    0.791   271.54
2052.40    0.786   272.10
2053.40    0.780   272.67
2054.40    0.775   273.24
2055.40    0.769   273.83
2056.40    0.763   274.42
2057.40    0.757   275.03
2058.40    0.751   275.64
2059.40    0.744   276.26
2060.40    0.738   276.90
2061.40    0.731   277.54
2062.40    0.724   278.20
2063.40    0.717   278.87
2064.40    0.710   279.55
2065.40    0.703   280.25
2066.40    0.696   280.97
2067.40    0.688   281.69
2068.40    0.680   282.44
2069.40    0.672   283.20
2070.40    0.664   283.98
2071.40    0.656   284.78
2072.40    0.648   285.60
2073.40    0.639   286.44
2074.40    0.630   287.31
2075.40    0.621   288.20
2076.40    0.612   289.11
2077.40    0.603   290.06
2078.40    0.594   291.03
2079.40    0.584   292.03
2080.40    0.575   293.07
2081.40    0.565   294.14
2082.40    0.555   295.26
2083.40    0.545   296.41
2084.40    0.534   297.61
2085.40    0.524   298.85
2086.40    0.513   300.15
2087.40    0.502   301.50
2088.40    0.492   302.91
2089.40    0.481   304.38
2090.40    0.469   305.93
2091.40    0.458   307.55
2092.40    0.447   309.25
2093.40    0.435   311.05
2094.40    0.424   312.94
2095.40    0.412   314.93
2096.40    0.400   317.05
2097.40    0.388   319.29
2098.40    0.376   321.67
2099.40    0.365   324.21
2100.40    0.353   326.92
2101.40    0.341   329.81
2102.40    0.330   332.91
2103.40    0.318   336.24
2104.40    0.307   339.81
2105.40    0.296   343.64
2106.40    0.285   347.77
2107.40    0.275   352.21
2108.40    0.265   356.99
2109.40    0.256     2.11
2110.40    0.248     7.61
2111.40    0.240    13.48
2112.40    0.233    19.74
2113.40    0.226    26.36
2114.40    0.221    33.34
2115.40    0.216    40.66
2116.40    0.212    48.28
2117.40    0.208    56.18
2118.40    0.205    64.32
2119.40    0.203    72.67
2120.40    0.202    81.17
2121.40    0.201    89.76
2122.40    0.202    98.35
2123.40    0.203   106.86
2124.40    0.206   115.17
2125.40    0.211   123.17
2126.40    0.217   130.78
2127.40    0.225   137.93






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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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