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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for MCA1AA,AB
WDS: MCA1AA,AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 27.500 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.159 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 110.8 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 105.8 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1989.000 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.81 Eccentricity
ω: 14.3 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2012.0 Year
End-Year: 2038.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for MCA1AA,AB
Position: 003223.75+065719.6 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 00324+0657 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: MCA1AA,AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 449 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 2913 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 2548 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 5.84 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 7.99 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2021 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 2 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for MCA1AA,AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of MCA1AA,AB

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


Ephemeris of MCA1AA,AB
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Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.259    285.4
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2012.0     0.147    267.6
2013.0     0.116    263.6
2014.0     0.081    256.4
2015.0     0.042    236.2
2016.0     0.026    140.9
2017.0     0.017     10.7
2018.0     0.071    305.1
2019.0     0.118    297.0
2020.0     0.155    293.3
2021.0     0.185    290.9
2022.0     0.210    289.1
2023.0     0.230    287.7
2024.0     0.246    286.5
2025.0     0.259    285.4
2026.0     0.268    284.4
2027.0     0.275    283.5
2028.0     0.280    282.6
2029.0     0.281    281.7
2030.0     0.281    280.8
2031.0     0.277    280.0
2032.0     0.272    279.1
2033.0     0.264    278.1
2034.0     0.254    277.1
2035.0     0.241    275.9
2036.0     0.225    274.7
2037.0     0.207    273.2






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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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