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Orbital Elements for BU4AB
WDS: BU4AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 291.050 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.43 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 141.0 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 149.8 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1942.930 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.89 Eccentricity
ω: 242.8 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1879.475 Year
End-Year: 2170.525 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU4AB
Position: 012119.23+113212.3 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 01213+1132 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU4AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 1097 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 8187 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 6334 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 7.12 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.86 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2008 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 4 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: n Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Sca2015b Reference

Double Star Orbit for BU4AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU4AB

-- 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 BU4AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.619   104.81
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1879.47    0.498    74.98
1880.47    0.494    74.65
1881.47    0.490    74.32
1882.47    0.485    73.98
1883.47    0.481    73.63
1884.47    0.477    73.28
1885.47    0.472    72.92
1886.47    0.468    72.55
1887.47    0.463    72.18
1888.47    0.459    71.80
1889.47    0.454    71.41
1890.47    0.450    71.01
1891.47    0.445    70.61
1892.47    0.440    70.19
1893.47    0.435    69.77
1894.47    0.430    69.33
1895.47    0.425    68.89
1896.47    0.420    68.44
1897.47    0.415    67.97
1898.47    0.410    67.50
1899.47    0.404    67.01
1900.47    0.399    66.50
1901.47    0.393    65.99
1902.47    0.388    65.45
1903.47    0.382    64.91
1904.47    0.376    64.34
1905.47    0.370    63.76
1906.47    0.365    63.16
1907.47    0.359    62.54
1908.47    0.352    61.90
1909.47    0.346    61.24
1910.47    0.340    60.55
1911.47    0.334    59.84
1912.47    0.327    59.09
1913.47    0.321    58.32
1914.47    0.314    57.52
1915.47    0.307    56.67
1916.47    0.300    55.80
1917.47    0.293    54.87
1918.47    0.286    53.91
1919.47    0.279    52.89
1920.47    0.271    51.82
1921.47    0.264    50.68
1922.47    0.256    49.48
1923.47    0.248    48.21
1924.47    0.240    46.85
1925.47    0.232    45.39
1926.47    0.223    43.83
1927.47    0.215    42.14
1928.47    0.206    40.31
1929.47    0.197    38.32
1930.47    0.188    36.13
1931.47    0.179    33.72
1932.47    0.169    31.04
1933.47    0.159    28.02
1934.47    0.149    24.59
1935.47    0.138    20.64
1936.47    0.127    16.01
1937.47    0.115    10.48
1938.47    0.103     3.67
1939.47    0.090   354.95
1940.47    0.076   343.12
1941.47    0.060   325.44
1942.47    0.044   294.79
1943.47    0.038   243.06
1944.47    0.052   200.44
1945.47    0.073   179.18
1946.47    0.094   167.43
1947.47    0.114   159.86
1948.47    0.132   154.45
1949.47    0.148   150.31
1950.47    0.164   146.99
1951.47    0.179   144.23
1952.47    0.193   141.89
1953.47    0.206   139.86
1954.47    0.219   138.06
1955.47    0.231   136.47
1956.47    0.243   135.02
1957.47    0.254   133.71
1958.47    0.265   132.51
1959.47    0.275   131.40
1960.47    0.285   130.37
1961.47    0.295   129.41
1962.47    0.305   128.51
1963.47    0.314   127.66
1964.47    0.323   126.86
1965.47    0.331   126.10
1966.47    0.340   125.38
1967.47    0.348   124.70
1968.47    0.356   124.04
1969.47    0.364   123.42
1970.47    0.371   122.82
1971.47    0.379   122.24
1972.47    0.386   121.69
1973.47    0.393   121.15
1974.47    0.400   120.64
1975.47    0.407   120.14
1976.47    0.413   119.66
1977.47    0.420   119.19
1978.47    0.426   118.74
1979.47    0.432   118.30
1980.47    0.438   117.87
1981.47    0.444   117.46
1982.47    0.450   117.05
1983.47    0.456   116.66
1984.47    0.461   116.27
1985.47    0.467   115.89
1986.47    0.472   115.53
1987.47    0.478   115.17
1988.47    0.483   114.82
1989.47    0.488   114.47
1990.47    0.493   114.13
1991.47    0.497   113.80
1992.47    0.502   113.48
1993.47    0.507   113.16
1994.47    0.511   112.85
1995.47    0.516   112.54
1996.47    0.520   112.24
1997.47    0.525   111.94
1998.47    0.529   111.65
1999.47    0.533   111.36
2000.47    0.537   111.08
2001.47    0.541   110.80
2002.47    0.545   110.53
2003.47    0.549   110.26
2004.47    0.553   109.99
2005.47    0.556   109.73
2006.47    0.560   109.47
2007.47    0.563   109.21
2008.47    0.567   108.95
2009.47    0.570   108.70
2010.47    0.574   108.46
2011.47    0.577   108.21
2012.47    0.580   107.97
2013.47    0.583   107.73
2014.47    0.586   107.49
2015.47    0.589   107.26
2016.47    0.592   107.03
2017.47    0.595   106.80
2018.47    0.598   106.57
2019.47    0.601   106.34
2020.47    0.604   106.12
2021.47    0.606   105.90
2022.47    0.609   105.68
2023.47    0.611   105.46
2024.47    0.614   105.25
2025.47    0.616   105.03
2026.47    0.619   104.82
2027.47    0.621   104.61
2028.47    0.623   104.40
2029.47    0.626   104.19
2030.47    0.628   103.99
2031.47    0.630   103.78
2032.47    0.632   103.58
2033.47    0.634   103.37
2034.47    0.636   103.17
2035.47    0.638   102.97
2036.47    0.640   102.77
2037.47    0.641   102.58
2038.47    0.643   102.38
2039.47    0.645   102.19
2040.47    0.646   101.99
2041.47    0.648   101.80
2042.47    0.650   101.60
2043.47    0.651   101.41
2044.47    0.653   101.22
2045.47    0.654   101.03
2046.47    0.655   100.84
2047.47    0.657   100.66
2048.47    0.658   100.47
2049.47    0.659   100.28
2050.47    0.660   100.09
2051.47    0.662    99.91
2052.47    0.663    99.72
2053.47    0.664    99.54
2054.47    0.665    99.36
2055.47    0.666    99.17
2056.47    0.667    98.99
2057.47    0.667    98.81
2058.47    0.668    98.63
2059.47    0.669    98.45
2060.47    0.670    98.26
2061.47    0.670    98.08
2062.47    0.671    97.90
2063.47    0.672    97.72
2064.47    0.672    97.54
2065.47    0.673    97.37
2066.47    0.673    97.19
2067.47    0.674    97.01
2068.47    0.674    96.83
2069.47    0.674    96.65
2070.47    0.675    96.47
2071.47    0.675    96.29
2072.47    0.675    96.12
2073.47    0.675    95.94
2074.47    0.676    95.76
2075.47    0.676    95.58
2076.47    0.676    95.41
2077.47    0.676    95.23
2078.47    0.676    95.05
2079.47    0.676    94.87
2080.47    0.676    94.70
2081.47    0.676    94.52
2082.47    0.675    94.34
2083.47    0.675    94.16
2084.47    0.675    93.99
2085.47    0.675    93.81
2086.47    0.674    93.63
2087.47    0.674    93.45
2088.47    0.673    93.27
2089.47    0.673    93.09
2090.47    0.673    92.92
2091.47    0.672    92.74
2092.47    0.671    92.56
2093.47    0.671    92.38
2094.47    0.670    92.20
2095.47    0.669    92.02
2096.47    0.669    91.83
2097.47    0.668    91.65
2098.47    0.667    91.47
2099.47    0.666    91.29
2100.47    0.665    91.11
2101.47    0.664    90.92
2102.47    0.663    90.74
2103.47    0.662    90.55
2104.47    0.661    90.37
2105.47    0.660    90.18
2106.47    0.659    90.00
2107.47    0.658    89.81
2108.47    0.657    89.62
2109.47    0.656    89.44
2110.47    0.654    89.25
2111.47    0.653    89.06
2112.47    0.652    88.87
2113.47    0.650    88.67
2114.47    0.649    88.48
2115.47    0.647    88.29
2116.47    0.646    88.10
2117.47    0.644    87.90
2118.47    0.642    87.70
2119.47    0.641    87.51
2120.47    0.639    87.31
2121.47    0.637    87.11
2122.47    0.636    86.91
2123.47    0.634    86.71
2124.47    0.632    86.51
2125.47    0.630    86.30
2126.47    0.628    86.10
2127.47    0.626    85.89
2128.47    0.624    85.69
2129.47    0.622    85.48
2130.47    0.620    85.27
2131.47    0.618    85.05
2132.47    0.616    84.84
2133.47    0.613    84.63
2134.47    0.611    84.41
2135.47    0.609    84.19
2136.47    0.606    83.97
2137.47    0.604    83.75
2138.47    0.601    83.53
2139.47    0.599    83.30
2140.47    0.596    83.08
2141.47    0.594    82.85
2142.47    0.591    82.62
2143.47    0.588    82.38
2144.47    0.586    82.15
2145.47    0.583    81.91
2146.47    0.580    81.67
2147.47    0.577    81.43
2148.47    0.574    81.19
2149.47    0.571    80.94
2150.47    0.568    80.69
2151.47    0.565    80.44
2152.47    0.562    80.18
2153.47    0.559    79.92
2154.47    0.556    79.66
2155.47    0.553    79.40
2156.47    0.549    79.13
2157.47    0.546    78.86
2158.47    0.543    78.59
2159.47    0.539    78.31
2160.47    0.536    78.03
2161.47    0.532    77.75
2162.47    0.529    77.46
2163.47    0.525    77.17
2164.47    0.521    76.87
2165.47    0.518    76.57
2166.47    0.514    76.27
2167.47    0.510    75.96
2168.47    0.506    75.64
2169.47    0.502    75.32
2170.47    0.498    75.00






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Acknowledgements
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