Asteroid Vesta Ephemeris Calculator
Based on the U.S. Naval Observatory Asteroid Ephemeris, 1998
Date: (1800 to 2099) Y m d
Local Time (00h to 24h) H:M:S
Local Time Zone Offset ±H:M
Undefined1
Std. Time = UT
Apply ΔT
+00:00:00
Daylight / Summer Time
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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 = 2025 Jul 17 - Thu Local Time = 03:49:49 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460873.65959491 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta Right Ascension = 14h 34m 56.95s = 14.5824863h = 218.7372945° Declination = -09° 14' 17.08" = -9.238077° True Distance = 1.659717538 AU = 248.290210 Mkm = 154.280384 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +6.9 Horizontal Parallax = 5.299" = 0.088310' = 0.001471828° Light/Signal Time = 13m 48.207s ================================================================================ 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 = 14h 34m 56.73s = 14.5824249h = 218.7363736° Topocentric Decl = -09° 14' 20.95" = -9.239152° Local Hour Angle = +03h 48m 27.47s = 57.114451825731° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 18h 23m 24.198s = 18.390055027h = 275.850825404° Azimuth = 239.83703° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 59.83703° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = WSW Altitude = +16.53096° (Above Local Horizon - No refractions applied) ================================================================================ Asteroid Vesta ephemeris table for each day of Jul. 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 2460855 14.4130138 -06.731317 1.472373208 +6.6 xx 2460856 14.4181166 -06.852371 1.481789537 +6.6 xx 2460857 14.4236989 -06.975237 1.491291177 +6.7 xx 2460858 14.4297561 -07.099858 1.500875085 +6.7 1 2460859 14.4362834 -07.226175 1.510538329 +6.7 2 2460860 14.4432759 -07.354132 1.520278084 +6.7 3 2460861 14.4507284 -07.483672 1.530091625 +6.7 4 2460862 14.4586356 -07.614741 1.539976331 +6.7 5 2460863 14.4669919 -07.747285 1.549929677 +6.8 6 2460864 14.4757917 -07.881249 1.559949236 +6.8 7 2460865 14.4850292 -08.016581 1.570032681 +6.8 8 2460866 14.4946986 -08.153226 1.580177785 +6.8 9 2460867 14.5047940 -08.291134 1.590382419 +6.8 10 2460868 14.5153094 -08.430252 1.600644552 +6.8 11 2460869 14.5262394 -08.570529 1.610962240 +6.9 12 2460870 14.5375784 -08.711916 1.621333613 +6.9 13 2460871 14.5493215 -08.854367 1.631756862 +6.9 14 2460872 14.5614640 -08.997837 1.642230209 +6.9 15 2460873 14.5740019 -09.142284 1.652751893 +6.9 16 2460874 14.5869312 -09.287670 1.663320139 +6.9 17 2460875 14.6002483 -09.433959 1.673933140 +7.0 18 2460876 14.6139495 -09.581114 1.684589035 +7.0 19 2460877 14.6280309 -09.729100 1.695285902 +7.0 20 2460878 14.6424882 -09.877877 1.706021745 +7.0 21 2460879 14.6573170 -10.027406 1.716794505 +7.0 22 2460880 14.6725124 -10.177642 1.727602071 +7.0 23 2460881 14.6880697 -10.328541 1.738442307 +7.1 24 2460882 14.7039840 -10.480055 1.749313080 +7.1 25 2460883 14.7202507 -10.632138 1.760212290 +7.1 26 2460884 14.7368653 -10.784745 1.771137900 +7.1 27 2460885 14.7538234 -10.937832 1.782087947 +7.1 28 2460886 14.7711204 -11.091357 1.793060558 +7.1 29 2460887 14.7887519 -11.245279 1.804053947 +7.1 30 2460888 14.8067133 -11.399557 1.815066413 +7.2 31 2460889 14.8250001 -11.554152 1.826096340 +7.2 xx 2460890 14.8436076 -11.709024 1.837142187 +7.2 xx 2460891 14.8625312 -11.864135 1.848202492 +7.2 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================
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