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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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- Report created: 2025-07-11 18:12:20

Orbital Elements for BWL32
WDS: BWL32 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 17.000 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.222 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 137.4 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 190.2 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2020.130 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.322 Eccentricity
ω: 81.1 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2017.0 Year
End-Year: 2033.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for BWL32
Position: 123837.13-270334.9 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 12386-2704 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: BWL32 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: . HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: . Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.1 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 10.4 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2021 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 5 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: Flags

Double Star Orbit for BWL32



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of BWL32

Image from the USNO WDS 6th Orbit Catalog (see Acknowledgements)


Ephemeris of BWL32
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.236    342.5
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2017.0     0.208    207.2
2018.0     0.188    188.8
2019.0     0.151    163.4
2020.0     0.114    119.6
2021.0     0.127     64.6
2022.0     0.172     31.0
2023.0     0.208     10.9
2024.0     0.229    355.8
2025.0     0.236    342.5
2026.0     0.235    329.4
2027.0     0.229    316.0
2028.0     0.222    301.7
2029.0     0.216    286.5
2030.0     0.214    270.7
2031.0     0.214    254.8
2032.0     0.215    239.0






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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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