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Orbital Elements for STT489AB
WDS: STT489AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 175.964 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.88724 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 41.812 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 67.993 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1932.559 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.66093 Eccentricity
ω: 108.22 Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year: 1937.01805 Year
End-Year: 2112.98195 Year
Epoch: 2026.5 Besselian Epoch
Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for STT489AB
Position: 230753.84+752315.3 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 23079+7523 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: STT489AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: 16538 Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 218658 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 114222 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 4.61 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 6.80 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2010 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 3 Orbit grade, ranging from :
1 = Definitive
2 = Good
3 = Reliable
4 = Preliminary
5 = Indeterminate
Flags: n Flags
Ephemerides: Ephemerides
Code: Izm2019 Reference

Double Star Orbit for STT489AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of STT489AB

-- 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 STT489AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    1.152     5.90
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1937.02    0.349   233.66
1938.02    0.378   240.49
1939.02    0.406   246.35
1940.02    0.432   251.49
1941.02    0.457   256.05
1942.02    0.479   260.16
1943.02    0.501   263.91
1944.02    0.521   267.36
1945.02    0.540   270.56
1946.02    0.558   273.54
1947.02    0.575   276.35
1948.02    0.592   278.99
1949.02    0.607   281.50
1950.02    0.622   283.88
1951.02    0.637   286.15
1952.02    0.651   288.33
1953.02    0.664   290.41
1954.02    0.677   292.41
1955.02    0.690   294.34
1956.02    0.702   296.20
1957.02    0.714   298.00
1958.02    0.726   299.74
1959.02    0.737   301.42
1960.02    0.748   303.05
1961.02    0.759   304.64
1962.02    0.770   306.18
1963.02    0.780   307.68
1964.02    0.790   309.14
1965.02    0.800   310.57
1966.02    0.810   311.96
1967.02    0.820   313.31
1968.02    0.829   314.64
1969.02    0.839   315.94
1970.02    0.848   317.20
1971.02    0.857   318.44
1972.02    0.866   319.66
1973.02    0.874   320.85
1974.02    0.883   322.02
1975.02    0.891   323.16
1976.02    0.899   324.28
1977.02    0.908   325.39
1978.02    0.916   326.47
1979.02    0.924   327.54
1980.02    0.931   328.58
1981.02    0.939   329.61
1982.02    0.946   330.63
1983.02    0.954   331.63
1984.02    0.961   332.61
1985.02    0.968   333.58
1986.02    0.975   334.53
1987.02    0.982   335.47
1988.02    0.989   336.40
1989.02    0.996   337.31
1990.02    1.002   338.21
1991.02    1.009   339.11
1992.02    1.015   339.99
1993.02    1.021   340.86
1994.02    1.027   341.71
1995.02    1.033   342.56
1996.02    1.039   343.40
1997.02    1.044   344.23
1998.02    1.050   345.05
1999.02    1.055   345.87
2000.02    1.061   346.67
2001.02    1.066   347.47
2002.02    1.071   348.26
2003.02    1.076   349.04
2004.02    1.081   349.81
2005.02    1.085   350.58
2006.02    1.090   351.34
2007.02    1.094   352.10
2008.02    1.099   352.85
2009.02    1.103   353.59
2010.02    1.107   354.33
2011.02    1.111   355.06
2012.02    1.114   355.79
2013.02    1.118   356.51
2014.02    1.121   357.23
2015.02    1.125   357.95
2016.02    1.128   358.66
2017.02    1.131   359.36
2018.02    1.134     0.06
2019.02    1.137     0.76
2020.02    1.139     1.46
2021.02    1.142     2.15
2022.02    1.144     2.84
2023.02    1.146     3.53
2024.02    1.148     4.21
2025.02    1.150     4.89
2026.02    1.152     5.57
2027.02    1.153     6.25
2028.02    1.154     6.93
2029.02    1.156     7.61
2030.02    1.157     8.28
2031.02    1.157     8.95
2032.02    1.158     9.62
2033.02    1.159    10.30
2034.02    1.159    10.97
2035.02    1.159    11.64
2036.02    1.159    12.31
2037.02    1.159    12.98
2038.02    1.158    13.65
2039.02    1.158    14.32
2040.02    1.157    14.99
2041.02    1.156    15.67
2042.02    1.155    16.34
2043.02    1.153    17.02
2044.02    1.152    17.70
2045.02    1.150    18.38
2046.02    1.148    19.06
2047.02    1.145    19.74
2048.02    1.143    20.43
2049.02    1.140    21.12
2050.02    1.137    21.82
2051.02    1.134    22.52
2052.02    1.131    23.22
2053.02    1.127    23.93
2054.02    1.123    24.64
2055.02    1.119    25.36
2056.02    1.114    26.08
2057.02    1.109    26.81
2058.02    1.104    27.54
2059.02    1.099    28.28
2060.02    1.093    29.03
2061.02    1.087    29.79
2062.02    1.081    30.56
2063.02    1.075    31.33
2064.02    1.068    32.12
2065.02    1.060    32.91
2066.02    1.053    33.72
2067.02    1.045    34.54
2068.02    1.037    35.37
2069.02    1.028    36.22
2070.02    1.019    37.08
2071.02    1.009    37.95
2072.02    0.999    38.85
2073.02    0.989    39.76
2074.02    0.978    40.69
2075.02    0.967    41.64
2076.02    0.955    42.62
2077.02    0.943    43.62
2078.02    0.930    44.65
2079.02    0.916    45.70
2080.02    0.902    46.79
2081.02    0.888    47.92
2082.02    0.872    49.08
2083.02    0.857    50.29
2084.02    0.840    51.54
2085.02    0.823    52.84
2086.02    0.805    54.20
2087.02    0.786    55.63
2088.02    0.766    57.12
2089.02    0.745    58.70
2090.02    0.724    60.37
2091.02    0.701    62.15
2092.02    0.677    64.04
2093.02    0.652    66.08
2094.02    0.626    68.28
2095.02    0.599    70.68
2096.02    0.570    73.32
2097.02    0.540    76.24
2098.02    0.509    79.51
2099.02    0.476    83.22
2100.02    0.442    87.50
2101.02    0.407    92.50
2102.02    0.371    98.47
2103.02    0.335   105.73
2104.02    0.300   114.70
2105.02    0.269   125.89
2106.02    0.244   139.69
2107.02    0.230   155.90
2108.02    0.228   173.24
2109.02    0.240   189.81
2110.02    0.262   204.21
2111.02    0.289   216.12
2112.02    0.319   225.87






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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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