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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for MTG5
WDS: MTG5 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 21.100 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.41 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 99.1 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 9.5 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 2024.274 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.498 Eccentricity
ω: 353.9 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 2015.0 Year
End-Year: 2035.0 Year
Epoch: 2025.0 Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for MTG5
Position: 234531.27-161019.3 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 23455-1610 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: MTG5 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: . HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: . Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 14.0 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 14.4 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: 2000 Equinox
Date: 2022 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: Flags

Double Star Orbit for MTG5



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of MTG5

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


Ephemeris of MTG5
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Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.186      3.4
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2015.0     0.607    189.1
2016.0     0.586    188.0
2017.0     0.547    186.8
2018.0     0.491    185.3
2019.0     0.416    183.4
2020.0     0.321    180.5
2021.0     0.207    174.7
2022.0     0.080    150.6
2023.0     0.092     33.7
2024.0     0.194     13.2
2025.0     0.186      3.4
2026.0     0.089    340.6
2027.0     0.077    235.2
2028.0     0.190    207.8
2029.0     0.298    200.9
2030.0     0.390    197.5
2031.0     0.467    195.4
2032.0     0.527    193.8
2033.0     0.571    192.5
2034.0     0.599    191.4






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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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