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 = 2025 Oct 17 - Fri Local Time = 05:34:13 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460965.73209491 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta Right Ascension = 16h 56m 51.04s = 16.9475121h = 254.2126815° Declination = -21° 52' 00.30" = -21.866751° True Distance = 2.639007510 AU = 394.789904 Mkm = 245.311073 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +7.8 Horizontal Parallax = 3.332" = 0.055540' = 0.000925658° Light/Signal Time = 21m 56.877s ================================================================================ 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 = 16h 56m 50.93s = 16.9474797h = 254.2121953° Topocentric Decl = -21° 52' 01.71" = -21.867141° Local Hour Angle = -14h 46m 02.50s = -221.51041220771° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 02h 10m 48.428s = 2.180118876h = 32.701783138° Azimuth = 287.86636° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 107.86636° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = WNW Altitude = -49.74161° (Invisible - Below Local Horizon) ================================================================================ Asteroid Vesta ephemeris table for each day of Oct. 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 2460947 16.3251856 -19.930340 2.456691430 +7.7 xx 2460948 16.3570955 -20.047521 2.466826563 +7.7 xx 2460949 16.3891651 -20.163265 2.476918950 +7.7 xx 2460950 16.4213918 -20.277547 2.486967981 +7.7 1 2460951 16.4537729 -20.390343 2.496973107 +7.7 2 2460952 16.4863057 -20.501631 2.506933846 +7.7 3 2460953 16.5189879 -20.611385 2.516849780 +7.7 4 2460954 16.5518175 -20.719582 2.526720557 +7.7 5 2460955 16.5847930 -20.826201 2.536545867 +7.8 6 2460956 16.6179132 -20.931224 2.546325421 +7.8 7 2460957 16.6511772 -21.034634 2.556058904 +7.8 8 2460958 16.6845840 -21.136420 2.565745940 +7.8 9 2460959 16.7181321 -21.236566 2.575386051 +7.8 10 2460960 16.7518197 -21.335059 2.584978644 +7.8 11 2460961 16.7856448 -21.431880 2.594523011 +7.8 12 2460962 16.8196053 -21.527011 2.604018348 +7.8 13 2460963 16.8536992 -21.620429 2.613463772 +7.8 14 2460964 16.8879246 -21.712113 2.622858350 +7.8 15 2460965 16.9222797 -21.802041 2.632201123 +7.8 16 2460966 16.9567628 -21.890192 2.641491115 +7.8 17 2460967 16.9913724 -21.976547 2.650727357 +7.8 18 2460968 17.0261065 -22.061087 2.659908891 +7.8 19 2460969 17.0609636 -22.143794 2.669034783 +7.8 20 2460970 17.0959414 -22.224653 2.678104128 +7.8 21 2460971 17.1310380 -22.303649 2.687116060 +7.8 22 2460972 17.1662509 -22.380766 2.696069751 +7.8 23 2460973 17.2015778 -22.455990 2.704964420 +7.8 24 2460974 17.2370158 -22.529306 2.713799330 +7.8 25 2460975 17.2725623 -22.600701 2.722573793 +7.8 26 2460976 17.3082144 -22.670160 2.731287169 +7.8 27 2460977 17.3439691 -22.737669 2.739938868 +7.8 28 2460978 17.3798237 -22.803212 2.748528356 +7.8 29 2460979 17.4157753 -22.866776 2.757055156 +7.8 30 2460980 17.4518212 -22.928345 2.765518853 +7.8 31 2460981 17.4879590 -22.987904 2.773919101 +7.8 xx 2460982 17.5241865 -23.045440 2.782255620 +7.8 xx 2460983 17.5605021 -23.100941 2.790528188 +7.8 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================