Double Star Calculator - Orbit

Orbital Elements for BU79AB
WDS: BU79AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 302.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 1.32 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 123.6 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 172.8 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2112.000 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.451 Eccentricity
ω: 303.0 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1874.0 Year
End-Year: 2176.0 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU79AB
Position: 231737.61-013118.2 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 23176-0131 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU79AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 16649 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 219657 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 115012 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.23 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 9.59 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2003 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: WSI2004b Reference

Double Star Orbit for BU79AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU79AB

-- 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 BU79AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    1.577     4.43
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1874.00    0.899   116.53
1875.00    0.898   115.26
1876.00    0.897   113.99
1877.00    0.896   112.71
1878.00    0.895   111.43
1879.00    0.895   110.15
1880.00    0.894   108.87
1881.00    0.894   107.58
1882.00    0.894   106.30
1883.00    0.895   105.02
1884.00    0.895   103.74
1885.00    0.896   102.46
1886.00    0.897   101.18
1887.00    0.898    99.91
1888.00    0.899    98.64
1889.00    0.901    97.37
1890.00    0.903    96.11
1891.00    0.905    94.85
1892.00    0.907    93.60
1893.00    0.909    92.36
1894.00    0.912    91.12
1895.00    0.915    89.89
1896.00    0.918    88.67
1897.00    0.921    87.46
1898.00    0.925    86.25
1899.00    0.928    85.06
1900.00    0.932    83.87
1901.00    0.936    82.70
1902.00    0.941    81.53
1903.00    0.945    80.38
1904.00    0.950    79.23
1905.00    0.955    78.10
1906.00    0.960    76.98
1907.00    0.965    75.87
1908.00    0.970    74.78
1909.00    0.976    73.69
1910.00    0.982    72.62
1911.00    0.987    71.57
1912.00    0.994    70.52
1913.00    1.000    69.49
1914.00    1.006    68.47
1915.00    1.013    67.46
1916.00    1.019    66.47
1917.00    1.026    65.48
1918.00    1.033    64.52
1919.00    1.040    63.56
1920.00    1.047    62.62
1921.00    1.054    61.69
1922.00    1.061    60.77
1923.00    1.069    59.87
1924.00    1.076    58.97
1925.00    1.084    58.09
1926.00    1.091    57.23
1927.00    1.099    56.37
1928.00    1.107    55.53
1929.00    1.114    54.69
1930.00    1.122    53.87
1931.00    1.130    53.07
1932.00    1.138    52.27
1933.00    1.146    51.48
1934.00    1.154    50.71
1935.00    1.162    49.94
1936.00    1.171    49.19
1937.00    1.179    48.45
1938.00    1.187    47.71
1939.00    1.195    46.99
1940.00    1.203    46.28
1941.00    1.211    45.57
1942.00    1.220    44.88
1943.00    1.228    44.19
1944.00    1.236    43.52
1945.00    1.244    42.85
1946.00    1.252    42.19
1947.00    1.260    41.54
1948.00    1.269    40.90
1949.00    1.277    40.27
1950.00    1.285    39.64
1951.00    1.293    39.02
1952.00    1.301    38.41
1953.00    1.309    37.81
1954.00    1.317    37.21
1955.00    1.325    36.63
1956.00    1.332    36.04
1957.00    1.340    35.47
1958.00    1.348    34.90
1959.00    1.355    34.34
1960.00    1.363    33.79
1961.00    1.371    33.24
1962.00    1.378    32.69
1963.00    1.385    32.16
1964.00    1.393    31.62
1965.00    1.400    31.10
1966.00    1.407    30.58
1967.00    1.414    30.06
1968.00    1.421    29.55
1969.00    1.428    29.04
1970.00    1.435    28.54
1971.00    1.441    28.05
1972.00    1.448    27.56
1973.00    1.454    27.07
1974.00    1.461    26.59
1975.00    1.467    26.11
1976.00    1.473    25.63
1977.00    1.479    25.16
1978.00    1.485    24.70
1979.00    1.491    24.23
1980.00    1.497    23.77
1981.00    1.502    23.32
1982.00    1.508    22.86
1983.00    1.513    22.41
1984.00    1.518    21.97
1985.00    1.523    21.52
1986.00    1.528    21.08
1987.00    1.533    20.64
1988.00    1.538    20.21
1989.00    1.542    19.78
1990.00    1.546    19.35
1991.00    1.551    18.92
1992.00    1.555    18.49
1993.00    1.558    18.07
1994.00    1.562    17.65
1995.00    1.566    17.23
1996.00    1.569    16.81
1997.00    1.572    16.40
1998.00    1.575    15.98
1999.00    1.578    15.57
2000.00    1.581    15.16
2001.00    1.583    14.75
2002.00    1.586    14.34
2003.00    1.588    13.93
2004.00    1.590    13.53
2005.00    1.592    13.12
2006.00    1.593    12.72
2007.00    1.595    12.31
2008.00    1.596    11.91
2009.00    1.597    11.51
2010.00    1.597    11.10
2011.00    1.598    10.70
2012.00    1.598    10.30
2013.00    1.599     9.90
2014.00    1.598     9.50
2015.00    1.598     9.10
2016.00    1.598     8.69
2017.00    1.597     8.29
2018.00    1.596     7.89
2019.00    1.595     7.49
2020.00    1.593     7.08
2021.00    1.591     6.68
2022.00    1.589     6.27
2023.00    1.587     5.87
2024.00    1.585     5.46
2025.00    1.582     5.05
2026.00    1.579     4.64
2027.00    1.576     4.23
2028.00    1.572     3.81
2029.00    1.568     3.39
2030.00    1.564     2.98
2031.00    1.560     2.56
2032.00    1.555     2.13
2033.00    1.550     1.71
2034.00    1.545     1.28
2035.00    1.539     0.85
2036.00    1.534     0.41
2037.00    1.527   359.98
2038.00    1.521   359.53
2039.00    1.514   359.09
2040.00    1.507   358.64
2041.00    1.500   358.19
2042.00    1.492   357.73
2043.00    1.484   357.26
2044.00    1.475   356.79
2045.00    1.466   356.32
2046.00    1.457   355.84
2047.00    1.448   355.35
2048.00    1.438   354.86
2049.00    1.427   354.36
2050.00    1.417   353.85
2051.00    1.406   353.34
2052.00    1.394   352.81
2053.00    1.382   352.28
2054.00    1.370   351.74
2055.00    1.358   351.19
2056.00    1.345   350.63
2057.00    1.331   350.05
2058.00    1.317   349.47
2059.00    1.303   348.87
2060.00    1.288   348.26
2061.00    1.273   347.63
2062.00    1.257   346.99
2063.00    1.241   346.34
2064.00    1.225   345.66
2065.00    1.208   344.97
2066.00    1.190   344.25
2067.00    1.172   343.52
2068.00    1.154   342.76
2069.00    1.135   341.98
2070.00    1.116   341.17
2071.00    1.096   340.33
2072.00    1.076   339.46
2073.00    1.055   338.56
2074.00    1.034   337.62
2075.00    1.012   336.64
2076.00    0.990   335.61
2077.00    0.968   334.54
2078.00    0.945   333.42
2079.00    0.922   332.24
2080.00    0.898   331.00
2081.00    0.874   329.70
2082.00    0.849   328.31
2083.00    0.824   326.85
2084.00    0.799   325.29
2085.00    0.774   323.63
2086.00    0.748   321.86
2087.00    0.723   319.96
2088.00    0.697   317.93
2089.00    0.671   315.73
2090.00    0.646   313.37
2091.00    0.621   310.81
2092.00    0.596   308.04
2093.00    0.572   305.03
2094.00    0.549   301.76
2095.00    0.526   298.20
2096.00    0.505   294.35
2097.00    0.486   290.17
2098.00    0.469   285.66
2099.00    0.453   280.83
2100.00    0.440   275.68
2101.00    0.431   270.27
2102.00    0.424   264.64
2103.00    0.420   258.87
2104.00    0.420   253.04
2105.00    0.423   247.26
2106.00    0.429   241.61
2107.00    0.439   236.15
2108.00    0.451   230.96
2109.00    0.465   226.06
2110.00    0.481   221.47
2111.00    0.499   217.20
2112.00    0.519   213.24
2113.00    0.539   209.56
2114.00    0.560   206.16
2115.00    0.581   203.00
2116.00    0.602   200.07
2117.00    0.623   197.34
2118.00    0.645   194.78
2119.00    0.665   192.39
2120.00    0.685   190.14
2121.00    0.705   188.02
2122.00    0.724   186.01
2123.00    0.742   184.10
2124.00    0.759   182.28
2125.00    0.776   180.54
2126.00    0.791   178.86
2127.00    0.806   177.26
2128.00    0.820   175.70
2129.00    0.833   174.20
2130.00    0.845   172.74
2131.00    0.856   171.32
2132.00    0.866   169.94
2133.00    0.876   168.59
2134.00    0.884   167.26
2135.00    0.892   165.96
2136.00    0.899   164.68
2137.00    0.906   163.42
2138.00    0.912   162.18
2139.00    0.917   160.96
2140.00    0.921   159.74
2141.00    0.925   158.54
2142.00    0.929   157.35
2143.00    0.932   156.16
2144.00    0.934   154.98
2145.00    0.936   153.81
2146.00    0.938   152.64
2147.00    0.939   151.47
2148.00    0.939   150.31
2149.00    0.940   149.15
2150.00    0.940   147.99
2151.00    0.940   146.83
2152.00    0.939   145.66
2153.00    0.938   144.50
2154.00    0.937   143.33
2155.00    0.936   142.16
2156.00    0.935   140.99
2157.00    0.933   139.81
2158.00    0.932   138.63
2159.00    0.930   137.45
2160.00    0.928   136.26
2161.00    0.926   135.07
2162.00    0.924   133.87
2163.00    0.922   132.66
2164.00    0.920   131.45
2165.00    0.918   130.24
2166.00    0.916   129.02
2167.00    0.914   127.79
2168.00    0.912   126.56
2169.00    0.910   125.32
2170.00    0.908   124.08
2171.00    0.906   122.84
2172.00    0.904   121.58
2173.00    0.903   120.33
2174.00    0.901   119.07
2175.00    0.900   117.80






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