Positions and Velocities  for Wed Jan 21, 2000, 02:02:38 PST    (Wed Jan 21, 2000, 10:02:38 UTC)

Current Position & Velocity		Distance from Earth				Distance from Sun				Orbital Velocity
		AU	x106 km	x106 miles		AU	x106 km	x106 miles		km/sec	mph
Comet Wild 2		5.921012	885.770802	550.39		5.211919	779.691947	484.48		41.55	92949
STARDUST		3.148401	470.994083	292.66		2.189424	327.533108	203.52		15.73	35178

   Wild 2 Observational Ephemerides

Wild 2 heliocentric osculating elements wrt ecliptic and mean equinox of J2000.0 For 00:00 GMT, geocentric coordinates.   Initial Elements,   Complete Ephemeris,   Def. Terms
Date	R.A.	Dec.	TMag	Delta	r	Theta	Beta	Moon/Illum.	Cnst
2000-Jan-21	22 52 24.73	-08 49 09.1	21.61	5.9160896748	5.2114628380	40.8357	7.0945	136.4/ 99.9	Aqr
2000-Jan-22	22 53 04.86	-08 45 02.7	21.62	5.9278438567	5.2124720760	39.9980	6.9725	151.1/ 99.1	Aqr

   Mission Time Information

Current Time	Wed Jan 21, 2000   02:02:38 PST Wed Jan 21, 2000   10:02:38 UTC 2451564.918495370 Julian
Launch Time, UTC (Injection)	Feb 7, 1999 21:25:49.5
Julian Launch Time (Injection)	2451217.3929341
Current Ephemeris Start Time, Spacecraft	2451564.3929341
Flight Day (Days Since Injection)	347.525561270

Ephemerides for Wed Jan 21, 2000 21:25:49.5 UTC (Julian Day 2451564.3929341 ) Earth Mean Ecliptic, Equinox of J2000
Objects	a	e	i	om	Om	x	y	z
Sun						0.000000	0.000000	0.000000
Earth	0.999035	0.015815	0.002203	162.357332	299.733354	-0.494032	0.850980	-0.000000
Mars	1.523712	0.093336	1.849866	286.538599	49.562331	1.375238	0.279385	-0.027953
Jupiter	5.208801	0.049572	1.304667	275.348237	100.488149	3.910779	3.062173	-0.100274
Wild 2	3.445303	0.538592	3.240252	41.882344	136.146339	5.097946	-1.070091	-0.156270
STARDUST						1.578106	-1.517249	0.000501

Orbital equations by James Howard.  The ephemerides for Wild 2, Wild 2 Observables, Mars, Earth, and Jupiter were generated using the JPL Horizons System.  STARDUST Spacecraft Ephemerides provided by Ed Hirst of JPL.   Home | What's New | FAQ | Questions/Comments? | Search Sitemap | Credits | STARDUST Cafe Friday, 13-Jul-2007 14:12:12 PDT Last update: Jan 04, 2000 by Tom Meyer, STARDUST Webmaster.