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Orbital Elements for R321
WDS: R321 WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 186.419 Orbital period (years)
a: 1.06149 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 139.301 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 152.349 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1949.198 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.69564 Eccentricity
ω: 227.418 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1931.7904 Year
End-Year: 2118.2096 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for R321
Position: 202652.97-372410.6 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 20269-3724 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: R321 Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 194433 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 100852 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 6.58 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 8.09 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2013 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Izm2019 Reference

Double Star Orbit for R321



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of R321

-- 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 R321
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    1.603   120.22
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1931.79    0.649    38.57
1932.79    0.630    35.67
1933.79    0.612    32.60
1934.79    0.594    29.34
1935.79    0.575    25.87
1936.79    0.557    22.16
1937.79    0.538    18.21
1938.79    0.519    13.97
1939.79    0.500     9.41
1940.79    0.481     4.48
1941.79    0.461   359.14
1942.79    0.440   353.31
1943.79    0.418   346.88
1944.79    0.395   339.71
1945.79    0.370   331.62
1946.79    0.344   322.33
1947.79    0.317   311.47
1948.79    0.292   298.66
1949.79    0.273   283.73
1950.79    0.263   267.11
1951.79    0.268   250.15
1952.79    0.285   234.52
1953.79    0.314   221.24
1954.79    0.350   210.45
1955.79    0.391   201.79
1956.79    0.433   194.79
1957.79    0.476   189.04
1958.79    0.519   184.24
1959.79    0.561   180.17
1960.79    0.602   176.66
1961.79    0.642   173.60
1962.79    0.680   170.88
1963.79    0.718   168.46
1964.79    0.754   166.27
1965.79    0.789   164.27
1966.79    0.822   162.45
1967.79    0.855   160.76
1968.79    0.886   159.19
1969.79    0.916   157.73
1970.79    0.945   156.37
1971.79    0.973   155.08
1972.79    1.000   153.86
1973.79    1.027   152.71
1974.79    1.052   151.61
1975.79    1.077   150.56
1976.79    1.100   149.56
1977.79    1.123   148.61
1978.79    1.145   147.68
1979.79    1.167   146.80
1980.79    1.187   145.94
1981.79    1.207   145.11
1982.79    1.226   144.31
1983.79    1.245   143.54
1984.79    1.263   142.78
1985.79    1.280   142.05
1986.79    1.297   141.34
1987.79    1.313   140.64
1988.79    1.329   139.96
1989.79    1.344   139.30
1990.79    1.359   138.65
1991.79    1.373   138.02
1992.79    1.386   137.39
1993.79    1.399   136.78
1994.79    1.412   136.18
1995.79    1.424   135.59
1996.79    1.435   135.01
1997.79    1.446   134.44
1998.79    1.457   133.88
1999.79    1.467   133.32
2000.79    1.477   132.78
2001.79    1.487   132.24
2002.79    1.496   131.71
2003.79    1.504   131.18
2004.79    1.512   130.66
2005.79    1.520   130.14
2006.79    1.528   129.63
2007.79    1.535   129.13
2008.79    1.541   128.62
2009.79    1.548   128.13
2010.79    1.553   127.64
2011.79    1.559   127.15
2012.79    1.564   126.66
2013.79    1.569   126.18
2014.79    1.574   125.70
2015.79    1.578   125.22
2016.79    1.582   124.75
2017.79    1.585   124.27
2018.79    1.589   123.80
2019.79    1.592   123.33
2020.79    1.594   122.87
2021.79    1.596   122.40
2022.79    1.598   121.94
2023.79    1.600   121.47
2024.79    1.601   121.01
2025.79    1.602   120.55
2026.79    1.603   120.09
2027.79    1.604   119.63
2028.79    1.604   119.17
2029.79    1.604   118.70
2030.79    1.603   118.24
2031.79    1.603   117.78
2032.79    1.602   117.32
2033.79    1.601   116.86
2034.79    1.599   116.40
2035.79    1.597   115.93
2036.79    1.595   115.47
2037.79    1.593   115.00
2038.79    1.590   114.53
2039.79    1.588   114.06
2040.79    1.584   113.59
2041.79    1.581   113.12
2042.79    1.577   112.64
2043.79    1.574   112.17
2044.79    1.569   111.69
2045.79    1.565   111.20
2046.79    1.560   110.72
2047.79    1.555   110.23
2048.79    1.550   109.74
2049.79    1.545   109.24
2050.79    1.539   108.75
2051.79    1.533   108.24
2052.79    1.527   107.74
2053.79    1.521   107.23
2054.79    1.514   106.71
2055.79    1.507   106.19
2056.79    1.500   105.67
2057.79    1.493   105.14
2058.79    1.485   104.61
2059.79    1.477   104.07
2060.79    1.469   103.52
2061.79    1.461   102.97
2062.79    1.452   102.41
2063.79    1.444   101.84
2064.79    1.434   101.27
2065.79    1.425   100.69
2066.79    1.416   100.10
2067.79    1.406    99.51
2068.79    1.396    98.91
2069.79    1.386    98.29
2070.79    1.375    97.67
2071.79    1.365    97.04
2072.79    1.354    96.40
2073.79    1.343    95.75
2074.79    1.331    95.08
2075.79    1.320    94.41
2076.79    1.308    93.72
2077.79    1.296    93.02
2078.79    1.284    92.31
2079.79    1.271    91.59
2080.79    1.259    90.85
2081.79    1.246    90.09
2082.79    1.233    89.32
2083.79    1.219    88.53
2084.79    1.206    87.72
2085.79    1.192    86.90
2086.79    1.178    86.06
2087.79    1.164    85.19
2088.79    1.149    84.30
2089.79    1.135    83.40
2090.79    1.120    82.46
2091.79    1.105    81.51
2092.79    1.090    80.52
2093.79    1.074    79.51
2094.79    1.059    78.47
2095.79    1.043    77.39
2096.79    1.027    76.29
2097.79    1.011    75.15
2098.79    0.994    73.97
2099.79    0.978    72.75
2100.79    0.961    71.48
2101.79    0.944    70.18
2102.79    0.927    68.82
2103.79    0.910    67.42
2104.79    0.892    65.96
2105.79    0.875    64.44
2106.79    0.857    62.86
2107.79    0.839    61.21
2108.79    0.821    59.49
2109.79    0.803    57.69
2110.79    0.785    55.81
2111.79    0.767    53.85
2112.79    0.749    51.78
2113.79    0.730    49.62
2114.79    0.712    47.34
2115.79    0.694    44.94
2116.79    0.675    42.41
2117.79    0.657    39.73






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Acknowledgements
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