Orbital elements:
2013 DS9 Earth MOID = 0.0173 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 14.52124 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.33421521 Peri. 25.79922 -0.97453173 -0.22332042
a 2.0564520 Node 141.27905 +0.19968862 -0.90558145
e 0.5120628 Incl. 1.86832 +0.10204102 -0.36062477
P 2.95 H 26.3 G 0....
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Orbital elements:
2013 DL1 Earth MOID = 0.2185 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 220.39532 (2000.0) P Q
n 1.27007967 Peri. 186.10701 +0.83627020 +0.45415817
a 0.8444658 Node 141.55527 -0.47984338 +0.87730535
e 0.7447167 Incl. 29.61279 -0.26533465 -0.15516339
P 0.78 H 20.7...
Orbital elements:
2013 DC1 Earth MOID = 0.0124 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 43.95290 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.42693742 Peri. 315.35980 -0.10038068 -0.98895192
a 1.7467332 Node 140.02400 +0.95371552 -0.12687452
e 0.4765976 Incl. 9.77495 +0.28346152 +0.07666131
P 2.31 H 24.3 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2013 DA1 Earth MOID = 0.0230 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 60.00424 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.78087686 Peri. 348.27838 -0.65335603 -0.75678431
a 1.1679234 Node 142.51164 +0.69722025 -0.61184621
e 0.1364594 Incl. 1.89125 +0.29497428 -0.23004724
P 1.26 H 27.3 G 0...
Orbital elements:
2013 DU Earth MOID = 0.0195 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 31.90905 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.42338997 Peri. 356.68051 -0.64200069 -0.76396672
a 1.7564765 Node 133.24818 +0.70546822 -0.62167793
e 0.4278550 Incl. 5.09842 +0.30024940 -0.17283346
P 2.33 H 23.9 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2013 DT Earth MOID = 0.0572 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 84.05460 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.67369566 Peri. 66.76620 +0.79785931 -0.57258930
a 1.2887249 Node 327.23493 +0.34126918 +0.68686547
e 0.5740934 Incl. 20.39246 +0.49694655 +0.44761291
P 1.46 H 23.7 G 0....
Orbital elements:
2013 CA134
Epoch 2013 Feb. 17.0 TT = JDT 2456340.5 MPC
M 355.89176 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.00827150 Peri. 266.30838 -0.98751976 -0.04589045
a 24.2147483 Node 271.01920 +0.10277870 -0.91261299
e 0.5380446 Incl. 8.66663 -0.11933673 -0.40624081
P 119 H 10.9 G 0.15
From 32 obser...
Orbital elements:
2013 CY133
Epoch 2013 Jan. 28.0 TT = JDT 2456320.5 MPC
M 342.00084 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.03714128 Peri. 54.67823 -0.92105559 +0.36220921
a 8.8967524 Node 145.89972 -0.38476904 -0.90308219
e 0.3840137 Incl. 14.78186 +0.06007825 -0.23075322
P 26.5 H 13.7 G 0.15
From 13 obser...
Orbital elements:
2013 CX129 Earth MOID = 0.3713 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 34.80106 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.29817656 Peri. 312.42253 -0.42502241 -0.89719557
a 2.2189817 Node 161.62578 +0.90123180 -0.43180447
e 0.4219281 Incl. 22.37284 +0.08448189 +0.09265532
P 3.31 H 20....
Orbital elements:
2013 CV129 Earth MOID = 0.0997 AU
Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC
M 36.04838 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.43106281 Peri. 143.52190 -0.58752205 -0.80905518
a 1.7355708 Node 342.44218 +0.72955462 -0.52117778
e 0.3776205 Incl. 2.98967 +0.35009698 -0.27166788
P 2.29 H 24.6...
Title: The eclipsing binary TY CrA revisited: What near-IR light curves tell us Authors: M. Vanko, M. Ammler-von Eiff, T. Pribulla, R. Chini, E. Covino, R. Neuhaeuser New photometric observations of the hierarchical eclipsing TY CrA system were taken in the optical with VYSOS6 and in the near-IR w...
