Geocentric Asteroid Metis Ephemeris Statistics
Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of Date - UT Time Scale
For Current Date = 2026 Jan 10 - Sat
Time UT = 17:16:29 UT
Applied Delta T = +00:01:15
Astronomical JD TT = 2461051.22064815
Apparent Geocentric Position and True Distance:
Right Ascension = 19h 00m 02.48s = 19.0006878h = 285.0103170°
Declination = -24° 53' 17.26" = -24.888128°
True Distance = 3.614444351 AU = 540.713179 Mkm = 335.983592 Mmi
Horizontal Parallax = 2.433" = 0.04055' = 0.000675849°
Visual Magnitude = +11.5
Light/Signal Time = 30m 03.62s
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Geocentric Asteroid Metis Ephemeris Statistics
Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of Date - TT Time Scale
For Current Date = 2026 Jan 10 - Sat
Time TT = 17:16:29 TT
Astronomical JD TT = 2461051.21978009
Apparent Geocentric Position and True Distance:
Right Ascension = 19h 00m 02.38s = 19.0006602h = 285.0099030°
Declination = -24° 53' 17.36" = -24.888155°
True Distance = 3.614446278 AU = 540.713467 Mkm = 335.983772 Mmi
Horizontal Parallax = 2.433" = 0.04055' = 0.000675849°
Visual Magnitude = +11.5
Light/Signal Time = 30m 03.63s
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Asteroid Metis ephemeris table for each date of Jan. 2026 at 12:00 TT
Computed according to the USNO AE98 model
There are three extra (xx) days at each end of the table.
JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day
2461039 18.6116151 -25.164511 3.631204409 +11.3 xx
2461040 18.6434698 -25.149528 3.630612950 +11.3 xx
2461041 18.6753269 -25.133162 3.629881699 +11.3 xx
2461042 18.7071853 -25.115426 3.629011077 +11.4 1
2461043 18.7390430 -25.096331 3.628001437 +11.4 2
2461044 18.7708980 -25.075881 3.626853034 +11.4 3
2461045 18.8027482 -25.054080 3.625566012 +11.4 4
2461046 18.8345919 -25.030928 3.624140407 +11.4 5
2461047 18.8664279 -25.006422 3.622576173 +11.4 6
2461048 18.8982550 -24.980564 3.620873211 +11.4 7
2461049 18.9300725 -24.953356 3.619031403 +11.5 8
2461050 18.9618791 -24.924801 3.617050635 +11.5 9
2461051 18.9936740 -24.894905 3.614930817 +11.5 10
2461052 19.0254558 -24.863674 3.612671892 +11.5 11
2461053 19.0572231 -24.831117 3.610273839 +11.5 12
2461054 19.0889742 -24.797241 3.607736678 +11.5 13
2461055 19.1207073 -24.762056 3.605060472 +11.5 14
2461056 19.1524207 -24.725571 3.602245326 +11.5 15
2461057 19.1841122 -24.687795 3.599291396 +11.5 16
2461058 19.2157797 -24.648738 3.596198892 +11.5 17
2461059 19.2474211 -24.608409 3.592968084 +11.6 18
2461060 19.2790340 -24.566817 3.589599313 +11.6 19
2461061 19.3106166 -24.523970 3.586092994 +11.6 20
2461062 19.3421667 -24.479876 3.582449625 +11.6 21
2461063 19.3736829 -24.434541 3.578669782 +11.6 22
2461064 19.4051635 -24.387976 3.574754120 +11.6 23
2461065 19.4366076 -24.340187 3.570703363 +11.6 24
2461066 19.4680140 -24.291186 3.566518295 +11.6 25
2461067 19.4993819 -24.240984 3.562199739 +11.6 26
2461068 19.5307101 -24.189595 3.557748540 +11.6 27
2461069 19.5619976 -24.137033 3.553165539 +11.6 28
2461070 19.5932429 -24.083312 3.548451544 +11.6 29
2461071 19.6244443 -24.028446 3.543607305 +11.6 30
2461072 19.6556002 -23.972448 3.538633488 +11.6 31
2461073 19.6867091 -23.915325 3.533530661 +11.7 xx
2461074 19.7177697 -23.857086 3.528299293 +11.7 xx
2461075 19.7487812 -23.797738 3.522939770 +11.7 xx
JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day
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