Geocentric Asteroid Metis Ephemeris Statistics
Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of Date - UT Time Scale

For Current Date   =  2026 Jan 09 - Fri
Time UT            =  23:10:11 UT
Applied Delta T    = +00:01:15
Astronomical JD TT =  2461050.46627315

Apparent Geocentric Position and True Distance:
Right Ascension     =  18h 58m 36.14s = 18.9767057h = 284.6505855°
Declination         = -24° 54' 39.70" = -24.911028°
True Distance       =  3.616079527 AU = 540.957797 Mkm = 336.135592 Mmi
Horizontal Parallax =  2.432" = 0.04053' = 0.000675544°
Visual Magnitude    = +11.5
Light/Signal Time   =  30m 04.44s
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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 09 - Fri
Time TT            = 23:10:11 TT
Astronomical JD TT = 2461050.46540509

Apparent Geocentric Position and True Distance:
Right Ascension     =  18h 58m 36.04s = 18.9766781h = 284.6501715°
Declination         = -24° 54' 39.79" = -24.911054°
True Distance       =  3.616081363 AU = 540.958072 Mkm = 336.135762 Mmi
Horizontal Parallax =  2.432" = 0.04053' = 0.000675543°
Visual Magnitude    = +11.5
Light/Signal Time   =  30m 04.44s

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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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