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Orbital Elements for HO87AB
WDS: HO87AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 119.390 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.299 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 19.6 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 210.5 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1972.370 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.599 Eccentricity
ω: 78.8 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1965.305 Year
End-Year: 2084.695 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for HO87AB
Position: 183836.74+163227.7 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 18386+1632 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: HO87AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 11530 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 172246 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 91413 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 8.34 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.98 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2019 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 2 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: n Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: USN2019 Reference

Double Star Orbit for HO87AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of HO87AB

-- 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 HO87AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.450   103.07
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1965.31    0.175   208.85
1966.31    0.163   216.00
1967.31    0.152   224.23
1968.31    0.141   233.78
1969.31    0.131   244.86
1970.31    0.122   257.65
1971.31    0.116   272.05
1972.31    0.113   287.60
1973.31    0.114   303.40
1974.31    0.119   318.46
1975.31    0.126   332.04
1976.31    0.136   343.86
1977.31    0.147   353.99
1978.31    0.159     2.64
1979.31    0.172    10.07
1980.31    0.184    16.50
1981.31    0.196    22.13
1982.31    0.208    27.11
1983.31    0.220    31.55
1984.31    0.231    35.55
1985.31    0.242    39.19
1986.31    0.253    42.51
1987.31    0.263    45.58
1988.31    0.273    48.42
1989.31    0.282    51.06
1990.31    0.291    53.54
1991.31    0.300    55.87
1992.31    0.308    58.06
1993.31    0.317    60.15
1994.31    0.324    62.13
1995.31    0.332    64.02
1996.31    0.339    65.82
1997.31    0.346    67.56
1998.31    0.353    69.22
1999.31    0.359    70.83
2000.31    0.365    72.38
2001.31    0.371    73.88
2002.31    0.377    75.33
2003.31    0.382    76.74
2004.31    0.387    78.12
2005.31    0.392    79.45
2006.31    0.397    80.76
2007.31    0.402    82.03
2008.31    0.406    83.28
2009.31    0.410    84.50
2010.31    0.414    85.70
2011.31    0.417    86.88
2012.31    0.421    88.04
2013.31    0.424    89.18
2014.31    0.427    90.30
2015.31    0.430    91.40
2016.31    0.433    92.50
2017.31    0.435    93.57
2018.31    0.438    94.64
2019.31    0.440    95.70
2020.31    0.442    96.74
2021.31    0.443    97.78
2022.31    0.445    98.81
2023.31    0.447    99.84
2024.31    0.448   100.85
2025.31    0.449   101.87
2026.31    0.450   102.87
2027.31    0.450   103.88
2028.31    0.451   104.88
2029.31    0.451   105.88
2030.31    0.452   106.87
2031.31    0.452   107.87
2032.31    0.451   108.87
2033.31    0.451   109.87
2034.31    0.451   110.87
2035.31    0.450   111.87
2036.31    0.449   112.88
2037.31    0.448   113.89
2038.31    0.447   114.90
2039.31    0.446   115.92
2040.31    0.444   116.95
2041.31    0.443   117.98
2042.31    0.441   119.02
2043.31    0.439   120.08
2044.31    0.437   121.14
2045.31    0.434   122.21
2046.31    0.432   123.29
2047.31    0.429   124.39
2048.31    0.426   125.50
2049.31    0.423   126.63
2050.31    0.420   127.78
2051.31    0.416   128.94
2052.31    0.413   130.12
2053.31    0.409   131.32
2054.31    0.405   132.55
2055.31    0.401   133.80
2056.31    0.397   135.08
2057.31    0.392   136.39
2058.31    0.387   137.73
2059.31    0.382   139.10
2060.31    0.377   140.51
2061.31    0.372   141.96
2062.31    0.366   143.45
2063.31    0.360   144.99
2064.31    0.354   146.58
2065.31    0.348   148.23
2066.31    0.342   149.94
2067.31    0.335   151.72
2068.31    0.328   153.56
2069.31    0.321   155.50
2070.31    0.313   157.52
2071.31    0.306   159.64
2072.31    0.298   161.87
2073.31    0.289   164.23
2074.31    0.281   166.73
2075.31    0.272   169.39
2076.31    0.263   172.23
2077.31    0.254   175.28
2078.31    0.244   178.57
2079.31    0.234   182.14
2080.31    0.223   186.04
2081.31    0.213   190.32
2082.31    0.202   195.06
2083.31    0.190   200.35
2084.31    0.179   206.31






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Acknowledgements
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