Asteroid Metis 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 Metis Ephemeris Statistics Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of the Date Based On the U.S.N.O. Asteroid Ephemeris, 1998 Local Date = 2025 Mar 14 - Fri Local Time = 07:29:10 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460748.81192130 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Metis Right Ascension = 15h 40m 22.04s = 15.6727899h = 235.0918485° Declination = -15° 31' 24.40" = -15.523445° True Distance = 1.987014336 AU = 297.253114 Mkm = 184.704522 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +10.8 Horizontal Parallax = 4.426" = 0.073764' = 0.001229392° Light/Signal Time = 16m 31.530s ================================================================================ Local Topocentric Coordinates of Asteroid Metis For Geographic Location: Longitude = -76.833611111° = -05h 07m 20.1s (W=Negative) Latitude = +42.752194444° Elevation = 0 m Topocentric RA = 15h 40m 22.15s = 15.6728187h = 235.0922812° Topocentric Decl = -15° 31' 28.05" = -15.524460° Local Hour Angle = -01h 49m 50.47s = -27.460295288601° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 13h 50m 31.677s = 13.842132395h = 207.631985923° Azimuth = 150.23484° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 330.23484° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = SSE Altitude = +26.49399° (Above Local Horizon - No refractions applied) ================================================================================ Asteroid Metis ephemeris table for each day of Mar. 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 2460733 15.5738938 -15.202054 2.174029036 +11.1 xx 2460734 15.5832034 -15.232276 2.161749854 +11.1 xx 2460735 15.5921211 -15.261125 2.149514797 +11.0 xx 2460736 15.6006420 -15.288606 2.137327631 +11.0 1 2460737 15.6087618 -15.314727 2.125192136 +11.0 2 2460738 15.6164763 -15.339499 2.113112068 +11.0 3 2460739 15.6237815 -15.362933 2.101091121 +11.0 4 2460740 15.6306728 -15.385042 2.089132918 +11.0 5 2460741 15.6371458 -15.405836 2.077241010 +11.0 6 2460742 15.6431956 -15.425320 2.065418889 +10.9 7 2460743 15.6488174 -15.443500 2.053670010 +10.9 8 2460744 15.6540067 -15.460378 2.041997809 +10.9 9 2460745 15.6587588 -15.475956 2.030405724 +10.9 10 2460746 15.6630695 -15.490236 2.018897214 +10.9 11 2460747 15.6669346 -15.503218 2.007475771 +10.9 12 2460748 15.6703501 -15.514906 1.996144942 +10.8 13 2460749 15.6733122 -15.525301 1.984908331 +10.8 14 2460750 15.6758172 -15.534406 1.973769616 +10.8 15 2460751 15.6778614 -15.542225 1.962732553 +10.8 16 2460752 15.6794412 -15.548763 1.951800981 +10.8 17 2460753 15.6805531 -15.554023 1.940978827 +10.8 18 2460754 15.6811936 -15.558011 1.930270102 +10.7 19 2460755 15.6813594 -15.560730 1.919678905 +10.7 20 2460756 15.6810473 -15.562186 1.909209425 +10.7 21 2460757 15.6802541 -15.562381 1.898865935 +10.7 22 2460758 15.6789772 -15.561319 1.888652804 +10.7 23 2460759 15.6772139 -15.559005 1.878574493 +10.6 24 2460760 15.6749622 -15.555441 1.868635558 +10.6 25 2460761 15.6722205 -15.550631 1.858840650 +10.6 26 2460762 15.6689880 -15.544580 1.849194500 +10.6 27 2460763 15.6652650 -15.537295 1.839701895 +10.6 28 2460764 15.6610526 -15.528789 1.830367635 +10.5 29 2460765 15.6563530 -15.519076 1.821196481 +10.5 30 2460766 15.6511688 -15.508176 1.812193104 +10.5 31 2460767 15.6455030 -15.496110 1.803362043 +10.5 xx 2460768 15.6393586 -15.482898 1.794707684 +10.5 xx 2460769 15.6327389 -15.468555 1.786234272 +10.4 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================