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 = 2026 May 11 - Mon Local Time = 05:40:39 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2461171.73656250 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta Right Ascension = 00h 03m 51.41s = 0.0642818h = 0.9642270° Declination = -04° 51' 08.57" = -4.852381° True Distance = 2.803753869 AU = 419.435609 Mkm = 260.625204 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +8.1 Horizontal Parallax = 3.137" = 0.052276' = 0.000871267° Light/Signal Time = 23m 19.087s ================================================================================ 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 = 00h 03m 51.54s = 0.0643175h = 0.9647626° Topocentric Decl = -04° 51' 10.57" = -4.852937° Local Hour Angle = +15h 45m 34.52s = 236.39383059717° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 15h 49m 26.062s = 15.823906212h = 237.358593179° Azimuth = 69.38053° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 249.38053° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = ENE Altitude = -27.54146° (Invisible - Below Local Horizon) ================================================================================ Asteroid Vesta ephemeris table for each day of May. 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 2461159 23.7083357 -06.719324 2.904019968 +8.1 xx 2461160 23.7368420 -06.568695 2.896593030 +8.1 xx 2461161 23.7652545 -06.418683 2.889089087 +8.1 xx 2461162 23.7935731 -06.269308 2.881508495 +8.1 1 2461163 23.8217976 -06.120587 2.873851574 +8.1 2 2461164 23.8499278 -05.972540 2.866118621 +8.1 3 2461165 23.8779629 -05.825188 2.858309919 +8.1 4 2461166 23.9059023 -05.678554 2.850425745 +8.1 5 2461167 23.9337451 -05.532660 2.842466376 +8.1 6 2461168 23.9614904 -05.387528 2.834432097 +8.1 7 2461169 23.9891371 -05.243183 2.826323205 +8.1 8 2461170 0.0166843 -05.099647 2.818140014 +8.1 9 2461171 0.0441307 -04.956944 2.809882862 +8.1 10 2461172 0.0714755 -04.815098 2.801552123 +8.1 11 2461173 0.0987175 -04.674131 2.793148213 +8.1 12 2461174 0.1258559 -04.534065 2.784671615 +8.1 13 2461175 0.1528899 -04.394922 2.776122900 +8.1 14 2461176 0.1798185 -04.256722 2.767502745 +8.1 15 2461177 0.2066407 -04.119488 2.758811951 +8.1 16 2461178 0.2333551 -03.983242 2.750051445 +8.1 17 2461179 0.2599599 -03.848009 2.741222258 +8.1 18 2461180 0.2864532 -03.713813 2.732325488 +8.1 19 2461181 0.3128329 -03.580680 2.723362254 +8.1 20 2461182 0.3390976 -03.448630 2.714333651 +8.1 21 2461183 0.3652459 -03.317683 2.705240720 +8.0 22 2461184 0.3912771 -03.187856 2.696084430 +8.0 23 2461185 0.4171904 -03.059164 2.686865675 +8.0 24 2461186 0.4429855 -02.931621 2.677585281 +8.0 25 2461187 0.4686616 -02.805242 2.668244012 +8.0 26 2461188 0.4942181 -02.680041 2.658842579 +8.0 27 2461189 0.5196541 -02.556035 2.649381651 +8.0 28 2461190 0.5449686 -02.433242 2.639861861 +8.0 29 2461191 0.5701604 -02.311678 2.630283815 +8.0 30 2461192 0.5952281 -02.191364 2.620648099 +8.0 31 2461193 0.6201699 -02.072320 2.610955282 +8.0 xx 2461194 0.6449842 -01.954568 2.601205932 +8.0 xx 2461195 0.6696690 -01.838129 2.591400616 +8.0 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================