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Double Star Calculator - Orbit

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Orbital Elements for WCK1AA,AB
WDS: WCK1AA,AB WDS ID/Discoverer
P: 21.568 Orbital period (years)
a: 0.9985 Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i: 110.671 Inclination (degrees)
Ω: 223.868 Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T: 1997.224 Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e: 0.5885 Eccentricity
ω: 330.37 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 WCK1AA,AB
Position: 010816.36+545512.7 Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID: 01083+5455 WDS designation
Discoverer Code: WCK1AA,AB Discover designation and components
ADS number: . Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number: 6582 HD catalog number
Hipparcos number: 5336 Hipparcos catalog number
V1: 5.3 Magnitude of the primary
V2: 10.7 Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox: Equinox
Date: 2016 Date of last observation
Orbit grade: 2 Orbit grade, ranging from 1 'definitive' to 5 'indeterminate'
Flags: n Flags

Double Star Orbit for WCK1AA,AB



WDS 6th Orbit including measures of WCK1AA,AB

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


Ephemeris of WCK1AA,AB
Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:
Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2025.0     0.858     72.0
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2015.0     1.017     36.9
2016.0     0.769     30.9
2017.0     0.448     17.4
2018.0     0.177    301.0
2019.0     0.408    228.6
2020.0     0.421    203.6
2021.0     0.324    168.2
2022.0     0.349    122.2
2023.0     0.498     94.1
2024.0     0.681     80.1
2025.0     0.858     72.0
2026.0     1.019     66.6
2027.0     1.158     62.6
2028.0     1.274     59.4
2029.0     1.366     56.6
2030.0     1.430     54.2
2031.0     1.467     52.0
2032.0     1.474     49.8
2033.0     1.447     47.6
2034.0     1.385     45.2






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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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