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
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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 = 2026 Mar 10 - Tue Local Time = 13:43:44 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2461110.07203704 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta Right Ascension = 22h 12m 12.68s = 22.2035209h = 333.0528135° Declination = -14° 24' 44.09" = -14.412246° True Distance = 3.163049264 AU = 473.185435 Mkm = 294.023798 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +8.0 Horizontal Parallax = 2.780" = 0.046338' = 0.000772299° Light/Signal Time = 26m 18.377s ================================================================================ 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 = 22h 12m 12.76s = 22.2035437h = 333.0531557° Topocentric Decl = -14° 24' 46.32" = -14.412866° Local Hour Angle = -02h 22m 48.73s = -35.70304101424° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 19h 49m 24.028s = 19.823340981h = 297.350114716° Azimuth = 141.73805° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 321.73805° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = SE Altitude = +24.11410° (Above Local Horizon - No refractions applied) ================================================================================ Asteroid Vesta ephemeris table for each day of Mar. 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 2461098 21.8003066 -16.235962 3.192960073 +7.9 xx 2461099 21.8341806 -16.088546 3.191011547 +7.9 xx 2461100 21.8679683 -15.940405 3.188967011 +7.9 xx 2461101 21.9016694 -15.791559 3.186826756 +7.9 1 2461102 21.9352842 -15.642028 3.184590991 +7.9 2 2461103 21.9688129 -15.491830 3.182259838 +7.9 3 2461104 22.0022563 -15.340982 3.179833342 +7.9 4 2461105 22.0356150 -15.189502 3.177311488 +7.9 5 2461106 22.0688896 -15.037411 3.174694213 +7.9 6 2461107 22.1020803 -14.884730 3.171981432 +7.9 7 2461108 22.1351876 -14.731483 3.169173046 +7.9 8 2461109 22.1682112 -14.577691 3.166268955 +8.0 9 2461110 22.2011512 -14.423381 3.163269068 +8.0 10 2461111 22.2340072 -14.268578 3.160173306 +8.0 11 2461112 22.2667789 -14.113306 3.156981605 +8.0 12 2461113 22.2994658 -13.957591 3.153693920 +8.0 13 2461114 22.3320672 -13.801461 3.150310228 +8.0 14 2461115 22.3645827 -13.644939 3.146830536 +8.0 15 2461116 22.3970118 -13.488052 3.143254893 +8.0 16 2461117 22.4293538 -13.330825 3.139583404 +8.0 17 2461118 22.4616085 -13.173282 3.135816246 +8.0 18 2461119 22.4937759 -13.015445 3.131953687 +8.0 19 2461120 22.5258560 -12.857338 3.127996095 +8.0 20 2461121 22.5578489 -12.698984 3.123943943 +8.0 21 2461122 22.5897547 -12.540407 3.119797792 +8.0 22 2461123 22.6215732 -12.381633 3.115558272 +8.0 23 2461124 22.6533042 -12.222688 3.111226052 +8.0 24 2461125 22.6849471 -12.063598 3.106801806 +8.0 25 2461126 22.7165013 -11.904387 3.102286184 +8.0 26 2461127 22.7479665 -11.745079 3.097679792 +8.0 27 2461128 22.7793426 -11.585695 3.092983172 +8.0 28 2461129 22.8106297 -11.426254 3.088196796 +8.0 29 2461130 22.8418282 -11.266773 3.083321060 +8.0 30 2461131 22.8729388 -11.107270 3.078356286 +8.0 31 2461132 22.9039621 -10.947761 3.073302725 +8.0 xx 2461133 22.9348989 -10.788265 3.068160573 +8.1 xx 2461134 22.9657495 -10.628799 3.062929978 +8.1 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================