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 = 2024 Jul 27 - Sat Local Time = 06:28:57 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460518.77010417 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Metis Right Ascension = 10h 10m 10.59s = 10.1696075h = 152.5441125° Declination = +15° 37' 06.21" = +15.618392° True Distance = 3.207049616 AU = 479.767794 Mkm = 298.113886 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +11.3 Horizontal Parallax = 2.742" = 0.045702' = 0.000761703° Light/Signal Time = 26m 40.333s ================================================================================ 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 = 10h 10m 10.57s = 10.1696030h = 152.5440446° Topocentric Decl = +15° 37' 03.89" = +15.617747° Local Hour Angle = +11h 33m 10.29s = 173.29287544625° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 21h 43m 20.861s = 21.722461334h = 325.836920012° Azimuth = 352.43515° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 172.43515° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = N Altitude = -31.30494° (Invisible - Below Local Horizon) ================================================================================ Asteroid Metis ephemeris table for each day of Jul. 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 2460490 9.2624530 +20.307284 2.995323695 +11.3 xx 2460491 9.2944566 +20.157906 3.003796049 +11.3 xx 2460492 9.3264325 +20.007412 3.012194107 +11.3 xx 2460493 9.3583806 +19.855815 3.020516976 +11.3 1 2460494 9.3903005 +19.703129 3.028763745 +11.3 2 2460495 9.4221914 +19.549370 3.036933513 +11.3 3 2460496 9.4540521 +19.394557 3.045025412 +11.3 4 2460497 9.4858813 +19.238706 3.053038627 +11.3 5 2460498 9.5176776 +19.081836 3.060972406 +11.3 6 2460499 9.5494398 +18.923961 3.068826070 +11.3 7 2460500 9.5811668 +18.765097 3.076599012 +11.3 8 2460501 9.6128577 +18.605259 3.084290691 +11.3 9 2460502 9.6445119 +18.444461 3.091900628 +11.3 10 2460503 9.6761288 +18.282717 3.099428393 +11.3 11 2460504 9.7077082 +18.120040 3.106873602 +11.3 12 2460505 9.7392496 +17.956445 3.114235910 +11.3 13 2460506 9.7707530 +17.791946 3.121515005 +11.3 14 2460507 9.8022181 +17.626559 3.128710608 +11.3 15 2460508 9.8336447 +17.460298 3.135822476 +11.3 16 2460509 9.8650327 +17.293180 3.142850391 +11.3 17 2460510 9.8963817 +17.125220 3.149794165 +11.3 18 2460511 9.9276915 +16.956435 3.156653622 +11.3 19 2460512 9.9589615 +16.786842 3.163428585 +11.3 20 2460513 9.9901913 +16.616455 3.170118856 +11.3 21 2460514 10.0213806 +16.445290 3.176724177 +11.3 22 2460515 10.0525292 +16.273356 3.183244214 +11.3 23 2460516 10.0836376 +16.100664 3.189678524 +11.3 24 2460517 10.1147065 +15.927220 3.196026555 +11.3 25 2460518 10.1457368 +15.753034 3.202287647 +11.3 26 2460519 10.1767293 +15.578114 3.208461053 +11.3 27 2460520 10.2076849 +15.402473 3.214545961 +11.3 28 2460521 10.2386037 +15.226126 3.220541527 +11.3 29 2460522 10.2694857 +15.049089 3.226446899 +11.3 30 2460523 10.3003306 +14.871380 3.232261235 +11.3 31 2460524 10.3311377 +14.693018 3.237983729 +11.3 xx 2460525 10.3619066 +14.514021 3.243613617 +11.3 xx 2460526 10.3926365 +14.334407 3.249150192 +11.3 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================