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Orbital Elements for BU281AB
WDS: BU281AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 1117.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 3.14 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 108.5 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 149.9 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2077.500 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.639 Eccentricity
ω: 55.7 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1466.5 Year
End-Year: 2583.5 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU281AB
Position: 000247.14+020749.4 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 00028+0208 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU281AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 9 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 225028 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 223 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 7.40 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 9.36 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2014 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 5 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: n Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Lin2015a Reference

Double Star Orbit for BU281AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU281AB

-- 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 BU281AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    1.517   156.42
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1466.50    3.466   308.62
1476.50    3.419   307.96
1486.50    3.370   307.29
1496.50    3.320   306.60
1506.50    3.267   305.88
1516.50    3.212   305.14
1526.50    3.156   304.38
1536.50    3.098   303.59
1546.50    3.039   302.76
1556.50    2.978   301.90
1566.50    2.915   301.01
1576.50    2.851   300.08
1586.50    2.786   299.10
1596.50    2.719   298.08
1606.50    2.652   297.00
1616.50    2.583   295.87
1626.50    2.513   294.68
1636.50    2.443   293.41
1646.50    2.372   292.07
1656.50    2.300   290.65
1666.50    2.228   289.14
1676.50    2.156   287.53
1686.50    2.084   285.80
1696.50    2.012   283.95
1706.50    1.941   281.96
1716.50    1.870   279.83
1726.50    1.800   277.52
1736.50    1.731   275.03
1746.50    1.665   272.34
1756.50    1.600   269.43
1766.50    1.538   266.27
1776.50    1.480   262.87
1786.50    1.425   259.19
1796.50    1.375   255.22
1806.50    1.330   250.98
1816.50    1.291   246.46
1826.50    1.259   241.68
1836.50    1.233   236.68
1846.50    1.216   231.50
1856.50    1.206   226.21
1866.50    1.205   220.87
1876.50    1.212   215.55
1886.50    1.226   210.32
1896.50    1.247   205.24
1906.50    1.274   200.35
1916.50    1.306   195.69
1926.50    1.342   191.26
1936.50    1.380   187.07
1946.50    1.420   183.11
1956.50    1.459   179.37
1966.50    1.496   175.82
1976.50    1.528   172.43
1986.50    1.554   169.17
1996.50    1.570   165.99
2006.50    1.572   162.86
2016.50    1.556   159.69
2026.50    1.517   156.42
2036.50    1.446   152.90
2046.50    1.336   148.90
2056.50    1.180   144.02
2066.50    0.974   137.32
2076.50    0.730   126.46
2086.50    0.490   104.50
2096.50    0.386    59.43
2106.50    0.534    18.78
2116.50    0.793     0.26
2126.50    1.068   351.12
2136.50    1.332   345.68
2146.50    1.579   342.00
2156.50    1.806   339.29
2166.50    2.015   337.16
2176.50    2.207   335.42
2186.50    2.382   333.94
2196.50    2.542   332.66
2206.50    2.689   331.53
2216.50    2.823   330.51
2226.50    2.946   329.58
2236.50    3.058   328.72
2246.50    3.161   327.91
2256.50    3.254   327.16
2266.50    3.339   326.45
2276.50    3.416   325.77
2286.50    3.486   325.12
2296.50    3.548   324.49
2306.50    3.605   323.88
2316.50    3.655   323.29
2326.50    3.699   322.72
2336.50    3.737   322.16
2346.50    3.771   321.61
2356.50    3.799   321.07
2366.50    3.823   320.53
2376.50    3.842   320.01
2386.50    3.857   319.48
2396.50    3.867   318.96
2406.50    3.874   318.45
2416.50    3.877   317.93
2426.50    3.876   317.41
2436.50    3.871   316.90
2446.50    3.864   316.38
2456.50    3.852   315.86
2466.50    3.838   315.33
2476.50    3.821   314.80
2486.50    3.800   314.27
2496.50    3.777   313.73
2506.50    3.751   313.18
2516.50    3.722   312.63
2526.50    3.691   312.06
2536.50    3.657   311.49
2546.50    3.620   310.90
2556.50    3.582   310.30
2566.50    3.541   309.69
2576.50    3.498   309.07






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