Asteroid Vesta 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 Vesta 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 = 16:10:09 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460666.17371528 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta Right Ascension = 13h 41m 55.84s = 13.6988430h = 205.4826450° Declination = -03° 45' 34.47" = -3.759575° True Distance = 2.510723448 AU = 375.598882 Mkm = 233.386325 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +7.9 Horizontal Parallax = 3.503" = 0.058377' = 0.000972954° Light/Signal Time = 20m 52.863s ================================================================================ Local Topocentric Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta For Geographic Location: Longitude = -76.833611111° = -05h 07m 20.1s (W=Negative) Latitude = +42.752194444° Elevation = 0 m Topocentric RA = 13h 41m 55.70s = 13.6988059h = 205.4820882° Topocentric Decl = -03° 45' 36.94" = -3.760260° Local Hour Angle = +03h 23m 46.36s = 50.9431836525° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 17h 05m 42.065s = 17.095018121h = 256.425271821° Azimuth = 238.49296° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 58.49296° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = WSW Altitude = +24.65532° (Above Local Horizon - No refractions applied) ================================================================================ Asteroid Vesta 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 13.0588145 -00.692927 2.778844770 +8.0 xx 2460644 13.0871057 -00.837868 2.767952482 +8.0 xx 2460645 13.1153479 -00.981813 2.756991053 +8.0 xx 2460646 13.1435392 -01.124739 2.745961524 +8.0 1 2460647 13.1716780 -01.266624 2.734865002 +8.0 2 2460648 13.1997622 -01.407446 2.723702646 +8.0 3 2460649 13.2277899 -01.547182 2.712475667 +8.0 4 2460650 13.2557591 -01.685810 2.701185311 +8.0 5 2460651 13.2836679 -01.823308 2.689832849 +8.0 6 2460652 13.3115148 -01.959657 2.678419556 +8.0 7 2460653 13.3392985 -02.094838 2.666946695 +8.0 8 2460654 13.3670178 -02.228836 2.655415495 +8.0 9 2460655 13.3946721 -02.361638 2.643827129 +8.0 10 2460656 13.4222605 -02.493230 2.632182697 +8.0 11 2460657 13.4497823 -02.623602 2.620483206 +8.0 12 2460658 13.4772364 -02.752740 2.608729564 +7.9 13 2460659 13.5046213 -02.880630 2.596922587 +7.9 14 2460660 13.5319349 -03.007252 2.585063015 +7.9 15 2460661 13.5591750 -03.132585 2.573151540 +7.9 16 2460662 13.5863393 -03.256607 2.561188847 +7.9 17 2460663 13.6134251 -03.379294 2.549175636 +7.9 18 2460664 13.6404304 -03.500624 2.537112655 +7.9 19 2460665 13.6673527 -03.620575 2.525000709 +7.9 20 2460666 13.6941898 -03.739125 2.512840668 +7.9 21 2460667 13.7209395 -03.856253 2.500633467 +7.9 22 2460668 13.7475993 -03.971939 2.488380103 +7.9 23 2460669 13.7741668 -04.086165 2.476081633 +7.9 24 2460670 13.8006392 -04.198908 2.463739173 +7.8 25 2460671 13.8270140 -04.310151 2.451353899 +7.8 26 2460672 13.8532881 -04.419874 2.438927046 +7.8 27 2460673 13.8794585 -04.528056 2.426459918 +7.8 28 2460674 13.9055218 -04.634677 2.413953886 +7.8 29 2460675 13.9314745 -04.739718 2.401410393 +7.8 30 2460676 13.9573130 -04.843157 2.388830955 +7.8 31 2460677 13.9830336 -04.944973 2.376217147 +7.8 xx 2460678 14.0086328 -05.045148 2.363570596 +7.8 xx 2460679 14.0341071 -05.143661 2.350892958 +7.8 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================