Asteroid Ceres Ephemeris Calculator
Based the U.S. Naval Observatory AE98 Model
PHP Program By Jay Tanner
Date: (1800 to 2099) Y m d
Local Time (00h to 24h) H:M:S
Local Time Zone Offset ±H:M
Undefined1
UT
Apply ΔT
+00:00:00
Daylight / Summer Time
Undefined3
Longitude ±Deg.d M S
(Neg=W)
Latitude ±Deg.d M S
(Neg=S)
Sea Level Elevation
(± meters)
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Asteroid Ceres Ephemeris Statistics Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of the Date Based On the U.S.N.O. Asteroid Ephemeris, 1998 Local Date = 2024 Dec 21 - Sat Local Time = 16:07:29 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460666.17186343 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Ceres Right Ascension = 20h 37m 33.41s = 20.6259484h = 309.3892260° Declination = -25° 45' 38.60" = -25.760721° True Distance = 3.719939906 AU = 556.495089 Mkm = 345.790017 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +9.3 Horizontal Parallax = 2.364" = 0.039401' = 0.000656683° Light/Signal Time = 30m 56.268s ================================================================================ Local Topocentric Coordinates of Asteroid Ceres For Geographic Location: Longitude = -76.833611111° = -05h 07m 20.1s (W=Negative) Latitude = +42.752194444° Elevation = 0 m Topocentric RA = 20h 37m 33.52s = 20.6259772h = 309.3896578° Topocentric Decl = -25° 45' 40.48" = -25.761245° Local Hour Angle = -03h 34m 31.89s = -53.632877127613° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 17h 03m 01.627s = 17.050452045h = 255.756780670° Azimuth = 133.22688° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 313.22688° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = SE Altitude = +5.57211° (Above Local Horizon - No refractions applied) ================================================================================ Asteroid Ceres ephemeris table for each day of Dec. 2014 at 12:00 TT. Computed according to USNO AE98 ephemeris model - No Delta T applied. There are three extra (xx) days at each end of the table. JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day 2460643 20.0328972 -27.673396 3.495484078 +9.3 xx 2460644 20.0577227 -27.600934 3.506447301 +9.3 xx 2460645 20.0826371 -27.527545 3.517303916 +9.3 xx 2460646 20.1076375 -27.453231 3.528052368 +9.3 1 2460647 20.1327210 -27.377996 3.538691143 +9.3 2 2460648 20.1578844 -27.301844 3.549218780 +9.3 3 2460649 20.1831246 -27.224777 3.559633883 +9.3 4 2460650 20.2084382 -27.146799 3.569935138 +9.3 5 2460651 20.2338220 -27.067911 3.580121321 +9.3 6 2460652 20.2592731 -26.988115 3.590191309 +9.3 7 2460653 20.2847888 -26.907410 3.600144081 +9.3 8 2460654 20.3103666 -26.825797 3.609978723 +9.3 9 2460655 20.3360047 -26.743274 3.619694421 +9.3 10 2460656 20.3617013 -26.659845 3.629290445 +9.3 11 2460657 20.3874545 -26.575511 3.638766134 +9.3 12 2460658 20.4132628 -26.490279 3.648120857 +9.3 13 2460659 20.4391239 -26.404155 3.657353986 +9.3 14 2460660 20.4650357 -26.317144 3.666464852 +9.3 15 2460661 20.4909956 -26.229253 3.675452724 +9.3 16 2460662 20.5170016 -26.140485 3.684316790 +9.3 17 2460663 20.5430513 -26.050842 3.693056157 +9.3 18 2460664 20.5691431 -25.960324 3.701669863 +9.3 19 2460665 20.5952754 -25.868932 3.710156892 +9.3 20 2460666 20.6214467 -25.776666 3.718516189 +9.3 21 2460667 20.6476556 -25.683530 3.726746681 +9.3 22 2460668 20.6739010 -25.589524 3.734847279 +9.3 23 2460669 20.7001813 -25.494654 3.742816895 +9.3 24 2460670 20.7264952 -25.398925 3.750654438 +9.3 25 2460671 20.7528412 -25.302341 3.758358822 +9.2 26 2460672 20.7792177 -25.204911 3.765928971 +9.2 27 2460673 20.8056229 -25.106642 3.773363820 +9.2 28 2460674 20.8320549 -25.007544 3.780662327 +9.2 29 2460675 20.8585116 -24.907626 3.787823484 +9.2 30 2460676 20.8849905 -24.806899 3.794846331 +9.2 31 2460677 20.9114894 -24.705372 3.801729978 +9.2 xx 2460678 20.9380057 -24.603056 3.808473622 +9.2 xx 2460679 20.9645373 -24.499956 3.815076559 +9.2 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================