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Orbital Elements for WGT1CA,CB

WDS:	WGT1CA,CB	WDS ID/Discoverer
P:	11.400	Orbital period (years)
a:	0.045	Semi-major axis (arcseconds)
i:	98.6	Inclination (degrees)
Ω:	27.9	Longitude of ascending node (degrees)
T:	2002.200	Epoch of periastron passage (year)
e:	0.59	Eccentricity
ω:	283.0	Longitude of periastron (degrees)
Start-Year:	2019.3	Year
End-Year:	2030.7	Year
Epoch:	2026.5	Besselian Epoch

Further data from the WDS Sixth Catalog of Orbits for WGT1CA,CB
Position:	053516.46-052322.9	Epoch-2000 right ascension and declination
WDS-ID:	05353-0523	WDS designation
Discoverer Code:	WGT1CA,CB	Discover designation and components
ADS number:	4186	Aitken Double Star catalog
HD number:	37022	HD catalog number
Hipparcos number:	26221	Hipparcos catalog number
V1:	5.3	Magnitude of the primary
V2:	6.7	Magnitude of the secondary
Equinox:	2000	Equinox
Date:	2018	Date of last observation
Orbit grade:	2	Orbit grade, ranging from : 1 = Definitive 2 = Good 3 = Reliable 4 = Preliminary 5 = Indeterminate
Flags:	n	Flags
Ephemerides:		Ephemerides
Code:	Gvt2018	Reference

Double Star Orbit for WGT1CA,CB

WDS 6th Orbit including measures of WGT1CA,CB

-- 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 WGT1CA,CB

Click to expand/collapse ephemeris:

Year       Sep[“]   PA[°]
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2026.50    0.031    20.42
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2019.30    0.019   240.83
2019.40    0.020   238.84
2019.50    0.021   237.03
2019.60    0.022   235.40
2019.70    0.023   233.90
2019.80    0.024   232.53
2019.90    0.025   231.28
2020.00    0.026   230.11
2020.10    0.027   229.04
2020.20    0.028   228.03
2020.30    0.029   227.10
2020.40    0.030   226.22
2020.50    0.031   225.40
2020.60    0.032   224.63
2020.70    0.033   223.89
2020.80    0.034   223.20
2020.90    0.035   222.54
2021.00    0.035   221.91
2021.10    0.036   221.31
2021.20    0.037   220.73
2021.30    0.038   220.18
2021.40    0.038   219.64
2021.50    0.039   219.13
2021.60    0.040   218.63
2021.70    0.040   218.15
2021.80    0.041   217.68
2021.90    0.041   217.22
2022.00    0.042   216.77
2022.10    0.042   216.33
2022.20    0.042   215.89
2022.30    0.043   215.47
2022.40    0.043   215.04
2022.50    0.043   214.62
2022.60    0.043   214.21
2022.70    0.043   213.79
2022.80    0.043   213.37
2022.90    0.043   212.95
2023.00    0.042   212.52
2023.10    0.042   212.09
2023.20    0.042   211.65
2023.30    0.041   211.20
2023.40    0.040   210.73
2023.50    0.039   210.24
2023.60    0.038   209.73
2023.70    0.037   209.18
2023.80    0.036   208.60
2023.90    0.034   207.96
2024.00    0.032   207.26
2024.10    0.030   206.46
2024.20    0.028   205.52
2024.30    0.025   204.40
2024.40    0.022   202.98
2024.50    0.018   201.05
2024.60    0.015   198.16
2024.70    0.010   193.06
2024.80    0.006   180.90
2024.90    0.003   131.29
2025.00    0.005    60.83
2025.10    0.009    43.58
2025.20    0.013    37.22
2025.30    0.017    33.78
2025.40    0.020    31.52
2025.50    0.023    29.84
2025.60    0.025    28.49
2025.70    0.027    27.34
2025.80    0.028    26.31
2025.90    0.029    25.37
2026.00    0.030    24.49
2026.10    0.031    23.65
2026.20    0.031    22.83
2026.30    0.031    22.03
2026.40    0.031    21.22
2026.50    0.031    20.42
2026.60    0.031    19.60
2026.70    0.030    18.77
2026.80    0.030    17.91
2026.90    0.029    17.02
2027.00    0.029    16.10
2027.10    0.028    15.13
2027.20    0.027    14.11
2027.30    0.026    13.04
2027.40    0.026    11.90
2027.50    0.025    10.68
2027.60    0.024     9.36
2027.70    0.023     7.95
2027.80    0.022     6.42
2027.90    0.021     4.74
2028.00    0.020     2.91
2028.10    0.019     0.89
2028.20    0.018   358.66
2028.30    0.017   356.18
2028.40    0.016   353.40
2028.50    0.015   350.29
2028.60    0.014   346.80
2028.70    0.014   342.86
2028.80    0.013   338.42
2028.90    0.012   333.45
2029.00    0.012   327.90
2029.10    0.011   321.79
2029.20    0.011   315.17
2029.30    0.010   308.16
2029.40    0.010   300.93
2029.50    0.010   293.70
2029.60    0.011   286.67
2029.70    0.011   280.02
2029.80    0.011   273.88
2029.90    0.012   268.31
2030.00    0.013   263.31
2030.10    0.014   258.85
2030.20    0.014   254.90
2030.30    0.015   251.40
2030.40    0.016   248.29
2030.50    0.017   245.52
2030.60    0.018   243.05
2030.70    0.019   240.83

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Acknowledgements

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