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 Jan 23 - Thu Local Time = 00:51:28 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460698.53574074 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Metis Right Ascension = 15h 03m 20.71s = 15.0557529h = 225.8362935° Declination = -13° 18' 44.78" = -13.312439° True Distance = 2.602295434 AU = 389.297856 Mkm = 241.898473 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +11.4 Horizontal Parallax = 3.379" = 0.056323' = 0.000938717° Light/Signal Time = 21m 38.558s ================================================================================ 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 03m 20.75s = 15.0557634h = 225.8364509° Topocentric Decl = -13° 18' 46.44" = -13.312901° Local Hour Angle = -11h 08m 44.19s = -167.18412839074° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 03h 54m 36.557s = 3.910154832h = 58.652322473° Azimuth = 24.43679° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 204.43679° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = NNE Altitude = -58.54779° (Invisible - Below Local Horizon) ================================================================================ Asteroid Metis ephemeris table for each day of Jan. 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 2460674 14.5224185 -10.954403 2.880250532 +11.6 xx 2460675 14.5459371 -11.066570 2.869759232 +11.6 xx 2460676 14.5693271 -11.177404 2.859185236 +11.6 xx 2460677 14.5925850 -11.286894 2.848530047 +11.6 1 2460678 14.6157074 -11.395033 2.837795244 +11.5 2 2460679 14.6386909 -11.501813 2.826982462 +11.5 3 2460680 14.6615327 -11.607227 2.816093368 +11.5 4 2460681 14.6842301 -11.711271 2.805129641 +11.5 5 2460682 14.7067809 -11.813946 2.794092943 +11.5 6 2460683 14.7291829 -11.915251 2.782984895 +11.5 7 2460684 14.7514336 -12.015189 2.771807065 +11.5 8 2460685 14.7735305 -12.113763 2.760560951 +11.5 9 2460686 14.7954708 -12.210974 2.749247977 +11.5 10 2460687 14.8172513 -12.306822 2.737869492 +11.5 11 2460688 14.8388683 -12.401303 2.726426787 +11.5 12 2460689 14.8603183 -12.494415 2.714921109 +11.5 13 2460690 14.8815974 -12.586149 2.703353689 +11.5 14 2460691 14.9027021 -12.676501 2.691725766 +11.5 15 2460692 14.9236286 -12.765465 2.680038613 +11.5 16 2460693 14.9443734 -12.853035 2.668293555 +11.5 17 2460694 14.9649328 -12.939207 2.656491983 +11.5 18 2460695 14.9853032 -13.023978 2.644635359 +11.5 19 2460696 15.0054806 -13.107346 2.632725222 +11.5 20 2460697 15.0254611 -13.189308 2.620763183 +11.4 21 2460698 15.0452405 -13.269862 2.608750932 +11.4 22 2460699 15.0648145 -13.349007 2.596690234 +11.4 23 2460700 15.0841784 -13.426740 2.584582932 +11.4 24 2460701 15.1033275 -13.503060 2.572430957 +11.4 25 2460702 15.1222568 -13.577964 2.560236333 +11.4 26 2460703 15.1409611 -13.651450 2.548001182 +11.4 27 2460704 15.1594352 -13.723513 2.535727734 +11.4 28 2460705 15.1776737 -13.794151 2.523418322 +11.4 29 2460706 15.1956715 -13.863359 2.511075375 +11.4 30 2460707 15.2134238 -13.931135 2.498701397 +11.4 31 2460708 15.2309264 -13.997479 2.486298938 +11.4 xx 2460709 15.2481751 -14.062395 2.473870557 +11.4 xx 2460710 15.2651663 -14.125889 2.461418795 +11.3 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================