Double Star Calculator - Orbit

Orbital Elements for BU9AB
WDS: BU9AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 616.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 1.882 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 67.3 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 174.0 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1952.000 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.1 Eccentricity
ω: 21.5 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1717.0 Year
End-Year: 2333.0 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BU9AB
Position: 024703.60+353317.3 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 02471+3533 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BU9AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 2117 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 17240 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 12990 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 6.42 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.64 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2009 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 5 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Zir2015a Reference

Double Star Orbit for BU9AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BU9AB

-- 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 BU9AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.816   226.82
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1717.00    1.283    24.79
1718.00    1.272    25.28
1719.00    1.260    25.77
1720.00    1.249    26.28
1721.00    1.237    26.79
1722.00    1.225    27.32
1723.00    1.214    27.85
1724.00    1.202    28.39
1725.00    1.190    28.95
1726.00    1.179    29.52
1727.00    1.167    30.09
1728.00    1.156    30.68
1729.00    1.144    31.28
1730.00    1.133    31.90
1731.00    1.121    32.52
1732.00    1.110    33.16
1733.00    1.099    33.81
1734.00    1.087    34.48
1735.00    1.076    35.16
1736.00    1.065    35.85
1737.00    1.054    36.56
1738.00    1.043    37.28
1739.00    1.032    38.02
1740.00    1.021    38.78
1741.00    1.010    39.55
1742.00    0.999    40.34
1743.00    0.989    41.14
1744.00    0.978    41.96
1745.00    0.968    42.80
1746.00    0.957    43.66
1747.00    0.947    44.54
1748.00    0.937    45.43
1749.00    0.928    46.35
1750.00    0.918    47.28
1751.00    0.908    48.23
1752.00    0.899    49.21
1753.00    0.890    50.20
1754.00    0.881    51.21
1755.00    0.872    52.25
1756.00    0.864    53.30
1757.00    0.856    54.38
1758.00    0.848    55.47
1759.00    0.840    56.59
1760.00    0.832    57.73
1761.00    0.825    58.89
1762.00    0.818    60.06
1763.00    0.811    61.26
1764.00    0.805    62.48
1765.00    0.798    63.72
1766.00    0.792    64.97
1767.00    0.787    66.25
1768.00    0.782    67.54
1769.00    0.777    68.85
1770.00    0.772    70.18
1771.00    0.768    71.52
1772.00    0.764    72.87
1773.00    0.760    74.24
1774.00    0.757    75.62
1775.00    0.755    77.01
1776.00    0.752    78.41
1777.00    0.750    79.82
1778.00    0.748    81.24
1779.00    0.747    82.66
1780.00    0.746    84.08
1781.00    0.746    85.51
1782.00    0.746    86.94
1783.00    0.746    88.37
1784.00    0.747    89.80
1785.00    0.748    91.22
1786.00    0.749    92.64
1787.00    0.751    94.05
1788.00    0.753    95.45
1789.00    0.756    96.85
1790.00    0.759    98.23
1791.00    0.762    99.61
1792.00    0.766   100.97
1793.00    0.770   102.32
1794.00    0.775   103.65
1795.00    0.779   104.96
1796.00    0.784   106.26
1797.00    0.790   107.55
1798.00    0.796   108.81
1799.00    0.802   110.06
1800.00    0.808   111.29
1801.00    0.814   112.50
1802.00    0.821   113.68
1803.00    0.828   114.85
1804.00    0.836   116.00
1805.00    0.843   117.13
1806.00    0.851   118.23
1807.00    0.859   119.32
1808.00    0.868   120.39
1809.00    0.876   121.43
1810.00    0.885   122.46
1811.00    0.894   123.46
1812.00    0.903   124.45
1813.00    0.912   125.41
1814.00    0.921   126.36
1815.00    0.931   127.29
1816.00    0.940   128.20
1817.00    0.950   129.08
1818.00    0.960   129.96
1819.00    0.970   130.81
1820.00    0.980   131.64
1821.00    0.991   132.46
1822.00    1.001   133.27
1823.00    1.011   134.05
1824.00    1.022   134.82
1825.00    1.032   135.57
1826.00    1.043   136.31
1827.00    1.054   137.03
1828.00    1.064   137.74
1829.00    1.075   138.44
1830.00    1.086   139.12
1831.00    1.097   139.79
1832.00    1.108   140.44
1833.00    1.118   141.08
1834.00    1.129   141.71
1835.00    1.140   142.33
1836.00    1.151   142.93
1837.00    1.162   143.53
1838.00    1.173   144.11
1839.00    1.184   144.68
1840.00    1.194   145.25
1841.00    1.205   145.80
1842.00    1.216   146.34
1843.00    1.227   146.87
1844.00    1.238   147.40
1845.00    1.248   147.91
1846.00    1.259   148.42
1847.00    1.269   148.92
1848.00    1.280   149.40
1849.00    1.290   149.89
1850.00    1.301   150.36
1851.00    1.311   150.83
1852.00    1.321   151.28
1853.00    1.331   151.74
1854.00    1.342   152.18
1855.00    1.352   152.62
1856.00    1.362   153.05
1857.00    1.371   153.48
1858.00    1.381   153.90
1859.00    1.391   154.31
1860.00    1.400   154.72
1861.00    1.410   155.12
1862.00    1.419   155.52
1863.00    1.428   155.91
1864.00    1.438   156.30
1865.00    1.447   156.68
1866.00    1.456   157.06
1867.00    1.464   157.43
1868.00    1.473   157.80
1869.00    1.482   158.16
1870.00    1.490   158.52
1871.00    1.498   158.88
1872.00    1.506   159.23
1873.00    1.514   159.58
1874.00    1.522   159.92
1875.00    1.530   160.26
1876.00    1.538   160.60
1877.00    1.545   160.94
1878.00    1.552   161.27
1879.00    1.560   161.60
1880.00    1.567   161.92
1881.00    1.574   162.24
1882.00    1.580   162.56
1883.00    1.587   162.88
1884.00    1.593   163.20
1885.00    1.600   163.51
1886.00    1.606   163.82
1887.00    1.612   164.12
1888.00    1.617   164.43
1889.00    1.623   164.73
1890.00    1.628   165.03
1891.00    1.634   165.33
1892.00    1.639   165.63
1893.00    1.643   165.92
1894.00    1.648   166.22
1895.00    1.653   166.51
1896.00    1.657   166.80
1897.00    1.661   167.09
1898.00    1.665   167.37
1899.00    1.669   167.66
1900.00    1.673   167.95
1901.00    1.676   168.23
1902.00    1.680   168.51
1903.00    1.683   168.79
1904.00    1.686   169.07
1905.00    1.688   169.35
1906.00    1.691   169.63
1907.00    1.693   169.91
1908.00    1.695   170.18
1909.00    1.697   170.46
1910.00    1.699   170.74
1911.00    1.700   171.01
1912.00    1.702   171.29
1913.00    1.703   171.56
1914.00    1.704   171.83
1915.00    1.705   172.11
1916.00    1.705   172.38
1917.00    1.706   172.65
1918.00    1.706   172.93
1919.00    1.706   173.20
1920.00    1.706   173.47
1921.00    1.705   173.75
1922.00    1.705   174.02
1923.00    1.704   174.29
1924.00    1.703   174.57
1925.00    1.701   174.84
1926.00    1.700   175.12
1927.00    1.698   175.39
1928.00    1.697   175.67
1929.00    1.695   175.95
1930.00    1.692   176.22
1931.00    1.690   176.50
1932.00    1.687   176.78
1933.00    1.684   177.06
1934.00    1.681   177.34
1935.00    1.678   177.62
1936.00    1.675   177.90
1937.00    1.671   178.19
1938.00    1.667   178.47
1939.00    1.663   178.76
1940.00    1.659   179.05
1941.00    1.655   179.34
1942.00    1.650   179.63
1943.00    1.645   179.92
1944.00    1.641   180.22
1945.00    1.635   180.51
1946.00    1.630   180.81
1947.00    1.624   181.11
1948.00    1.619   181.41
1949.00    1.613   181.72
1950.00    1.607   182.02
1951.00    1.600   182.33
1952.00    1.594   182.64
1953.00    1.587   182.96
1954.00    1.581   183.27
1955.00    1.574   183.59
1956.00    1.566   183.92
1957.00    1.559   184.24
1958.00    1.552   184.57
1959.00    1.544   184.90
1960.00    1.536   185.24
1961.00    1.528   185.58
1962.00    1.520   185.92
1963.00    1.512   186.26
1964.00    1.503   186.61
1965.00    1.494   186.97
1966.00    1.486   187.33
1967.00    1.477   187.69
1968.00    1.468   188.05
1969.00    1.458   188.43
1970.00    1.449   188.80
1971.00    1.439   189.18
1972.00    1.430   189.57
1973.00    1.420   189.96
1974.00    1.410   190.36
1975.00    1.400   190.76
1976.00    1.390   191.17
1977.00    1.379   191.58
1978.00    1.369   192.01
1979.00    1.358   192.43
1980.00    1.347   192.87
1981.00    1.337   193.31
1982.00    1.326   193.76
1983.00    1.315   194.21
1984.00    1.304   194.68
1985.00    1.292   195.15
1986.00    1.281   195.63
1987.00    1.270   196.12
1988.00    1.258   196.61
1989.00    1.247   197.12
1990.00    1.235   197.64
1991.00    1.223   198.16
1992.00    1.212   198.70
1993.00    1.200   199.25
1994.00    1.188   199.80
1995.00    1.176   200.37
1996.00    1.164   200.95
1997.00    1.152   201.55
1998.00    1.140   202.15
1999.00    1.128   202.77
2000.00    1.116   203.40
2001.00    1.104   204.05
2002.00    1.092   204.70
2003.00    1.080   205.38
2004.00    1.068   206.07
2005.00    1.056   206.77
2006.00    1.044   207.50
2007.00    1.032   208.23
2008.00    1.020   208.99
2009.00    1.008   209.76
2010.00    0.996   210.56
2011.00    0.984   211.37
2012.00    0.972   212.20
2013.00    0.960   213.05
2014.00    0.949   213.92
2015.00    0.937   214.81
2016.00    0.926   215.73
2017.00    0.915   216.67
2018.00    0.904   217.63
2019.00    0.893   218.62
2020.00    0.882   219.62
2021.00    0.871   220.66
2022.00    0.861   221.72
2023.00    0.850   222.81
2024.00    0.840   223.92
2025.00    0.830   225.06
2026.00    0.821   226.22
2027.00    0.811   227.42
2028.00    0.802   228.64
2029.00    0.793   229.89
2030.00    0.785   231.16
2031.00    0.777   232.47
2032.00    0.769   233.80
2033.00    0.761   235.16
2034.00    0.754   236.54
2035.00    0.747   237.96
2036.00    0.740   239.39
2037.00    0.734   240.86
2038.00    0.728   242.35
2039.00    0.723   243.86
2040.00    0.718   245.39
2041.00    0.713   246.94
2042.00    0.709   248.51
2043.00    0.705   250.10
2044.00    0.702   251.71
2045.00    0.699   253.33
2046.00    0.697   254.96
2047.00    0.695   256.60
2048.00    0.694   258.24
2049.00    0.693   259.89
2050.00    0.693   261.55
2051.00    0.693   263.20
2052.00    0.694   264.85
2053.00    0.695   266.50
2054.00    0.697   268.14
2055.00    0.699   269.77
2056.00    0.702   271.39
2057.00    0.705   273.00
2058.00    0.708   274.59
2059.00    0.712   276.17
2060.00    0.717   277.72
2061.00    0.722   279.26
2062.00    0.727   280.77
2063.00    0.733   282.27
2064.00    0.739   283.73
2065.00    0.746   285.17
2066.00    0.753   286.59
2067.00    0.760   287.98
2068.00    0.768   289.34
2069.00    0.776   290.68
2070.00    0.784   291.98
2071.00    0.793   293.26
2072.00    0.802   294.51
2073.00    0.811   295.73
2074.00    0.820   296.93
2075.00    0.830   298.10
2076.00    0.840   299.24
2077.00    0.850   300.35
2078.00    0.861   301.43
2079.00    0.871   302.49
2080.00    0.882   303.53
2081.00    0.893   304.54
2082.00    0.905   305.52
2083.00    0.916   306.48
2084.00    0.927   307.41
2085.00    0.939   308.33
2086.00    0.951   309.22
2087.00    0.963   310.08
2088.00    0.975   310.93
2089.00    0.987   311.76
2090.00    0.999   312.56
2091.00    1.011   313.35
2092.00    1.024   314.12
2093.00    1.036   314.87
2094.00    1.049   315.60
2095.00    1.061   316.31
2096.00    1.074   317.01
2097.00    1.087   317.69
2098.00    1.099   318.35
2099.00    1.112   319.00
2100.00    1.125   319.64
2101.00    1.138   320.26
2102.00    1.151   320.87
2103.00    1.163   321.46
2104.00    1.176   322.04
2105.00    1.189   322.61
2106.00    1.202   323.17
2107.00    1.215   323.71
2108.00    1.227   324.25
2109.00    1.240   324.77
2110.00    1.253   325.28
2111.00    1.266   325.78
2112.00    1.278   326.27
2113.00    1.291   326.75
2114.00    1.304   327.23
2115.00    1.316   327.69
2116.00    1.329   328.14
2117.00    1.341   328.59
2118.00    1.354   329.03
2119.00    1.366   329.46
2120.00    1.378   329.88
2121.00    1.390   330.29
2122.00    1.403   330.70
2123.00    1.415   331.10
2124.00    1.427   331.50
2125.00    1.439   331.88
2126.00    1.451   332.26
2127.00    1.463   332.64
2128.00    1.474   333.01
2129.00    1.486   333.37
2130.00    1.498   333.73
2131.00    1.509   334.08
2132.00    1.521   334.42
2133.00    1.532   334.77
2134.00    1.543   335.10
2135.00    1.554   335.43
2136.00    1.565   335.76
2137.00    1.576   336.08
2138.00    1.587   336.40
2139.00    1.598   336.71
2140.00    1.609   337.02
2141.00    1.619   337.33
2142.00    1.630   337.63
2143.00    1.640   337.93
2144.00    1.650   338.22
2145.00    1.660   338.51
2146.00    1.670   338.80
2147.00    1.680   339.08
2148.00    1.690   339.36
2149.00    1.700   339.64
2150.00    1.709   339.91
2151.00    1.719   340.18
2152.00    1.728   340.45
2153.00    1.738   340.71
2154.00    1.747   340.97
2155.00    1.756   341.23
2156.00    1.765   341.49
2157.00    1.773   341.74
2158.00    1.782   342.00
2159.00    1.791   342.24
2160.00    1.799   342.49
2161.00    1.807   342.74
2162.00    1.815   342.98
2163.00    1.823   343.22
2164.00    1.831   343.46
2165.00    1.839   343.69
2166.00    1.847   343.93
2167.00    1.854   344.16
2168.00    1.862   344.39
2169.00    1.869   344.62
2170.00    1.876   344.84
2171.00    1.883   345.07
2172.00    1.890   345.29
2173.00    1.897   345.51
2174.00    1.903   345.73
2175.00    1.910   345.95
2176.00    1.916   346.17
2177.00    1.922   346.39
2178.00    1.928   346.60
2179.00    1.934   346.81
2180.00    1.940   347.03
2181.00    1.946   347.24
2182.00    1.951   347.45
2183.00    1.956   347.65
2184.00    1.962   347.86
2185.00    1.967   348.07
2186.00    1.972   348.27
2187.00    1.976   348.48
2188.00    1.981   348.68
2189.00    1.986   348.88
2190.00    1.990   349.08
2191.00    1.994   349.28
2192.00    1.998   349.48
2193.00    2.002   349.68
2194.00    2.006   349.88
2195.00    2.010   350.07
2196.00    2.013   350.27
2197.00    2.017   350.47
2198.00    2.020   350.66
2199.00    2.023   350.86
2200.00    2.026   351.05
2201.00    2.029   351.24
2202.00    2.032   351.44
2203.00    2.034   351.63
2204.00    2.037   351.82
2205.00    2.039   352.01
2206.00    2.041   352.20
2207.00    2.043   352.39
2208.00    2.045   352.58
2209.00    2.047   352.77
2210.00    2.048   352.96
2211.00    2.050   353.15
2212.00    2.051   353.34
2213.00    2.052   353.53
2214.00    2.053   353.72
2215.00    2.054   353.91
2216.00    2.055   354.10
2217.00    2.055   354.28
2218.00    2.056   354.47
2219.00    2.056   354.66
2220.00    2.056   354.85
2221.00    2.056   355.04
2222.00    2.056   355.22
2223.00    2.056   355.41
2224.00    2.055   355.60
2225.00    2.055   355.79
2226.00    2.054   355.98
2227.00    2.053   356.17
2228.00    2.052   356.35
2229.00    2.051   356.54
2230.00    2.050   356.73
2231.00    2.048   356.92
2232.00    2.047   357.11
2233.00    2.045   357.30
2234.00    2.043   357.49
2235.00    2.041   357.68
2236.00    2.039   357.87
2237.00    2.037   358.06
2238.00    2.035   358.26
2239.00    2.032   358.45
2240.00    2.029   358.64
2241.00    2.027   358.83
2242.00    2.024   359.03
2243.00    2.021   359.22
2244.00    2.017   359.42
2245.00    2.014   359.61
2246.00    2.011   359.81
2247.00    2.007     0.01
2248.00    2.003     0.20
2249.00    1.999     0.40
2250.00    1.995     0.60
2251.00    1.991     0.80
2252.00    1.987     1.00
2253.00    1.983     1.20
2254.00    1.978     1.41
2255.00    1.973     1.61
2256.00    1.969     1.81
2257.00    1.964     2.02
2258.00    1.959     2.23
2259.00    1.954     2.43
2260.00    1.948     2.64
2261.00    1.943     2.85
2262.00    1.937     3.06
2263.00    1.932     3.28
2264.00    1.926     3.49
2265.00    1.920     3.71
2266.00    1.914     3.92
2267.00    1.908     4.14
2268.00    1.901     4.36
2269.00    1.895     4.58
2270.00    1.889     4.80
2271.00    1.882     5.02
2272.00    1.875     5.25
2273.00    1.868     5.48
2274.00    1.861     5.71
2275.00    1.854     5.94
2276.00    1.847     6.17
2277.00    1.840     6.40
2278.00    1.832     6.64
2279.00    1.825     6.88
2280.00    1.817     7.12
2281.00    1.809     7.36
2282.00    1.801     7.60
2283.00    1.793     7.85
2284.00    1.785     8.10
2285.00    1.777     8.35
2286.00    1.769     8.60
2287.00    1.760     8.85
2288.00    1.752     9.11
2289.00    1.743     9.37
2290.00    1.734     9.64
2291.00    1.725     9.90
2292.00    1.716    10.17
2293.00    1.707    10.44
2294.00    1.698    10.71
2295.00    1.689    10.99
2296.00    1.680    11.27
2297.00    1.670    11.56
2298.00    1.661    11.84
2299.00    1.651    12.13
2300.00    1.641    12.42
2301.00    1.632    12.72
2302.00    1.622    13.02
2303.00    1.612    13.33
2304.00    1.602    13.63
2305.00    1.592    13.95
2306.00    1.582    14.26
2307.00    1.571    14.58
2308.00    1.561    14.91
2309.00    1.551    15.23
2310.00    1.540    15.57
2311.00    1.530    15.90
2312.00    1.519    16.25
2313.00    1.508    16.59
2314.00    1.497    16.94
2315.00    1.487    17.30
2316.00    1.476    17.66
2317.00    1.465    18.03
2318.00    1.454    18.40
2319.00    1.443    18.78
2320.00    1.432    19.17
2321.00    1.420    19.56
2322.00    1.409    19.96
2323.00    1.398    20.36
2324.00    1.387    20.77
2325.00    1.375    21.19
2326.00    1.364    21.61
2327.00    1.353    22.04
2328.00    1.341    22.48
2329.00    1.330    22.93
2330.00    1.318    23.38
2331.00    1.307    23.84
2332.00    1.295    24.31






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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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Double Star Calculator: Version 1.2 ($Rev: 2397 $)
Report created: 2026-06-25 15:04:40



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