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 May 09 - Fri Local Time = 13:28:54 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460805.06173611 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Vesta Right Ascension = 14h 45m 53.54s = 14.7648727h = 221.4730905° Declination = -04° 04' 17.34" = -4.071484° True Distance = 1.182564457 AU = 176.909125 Mkm = 109.926234 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +5.6 Horizontal Parallax = 7.437" = 0.123942' = 0.002065697° Light/Signal Time = 09m 50.105s ================================================================================ 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 45m 53.27s = 14.7647967h = 221.4719505° Topocentric Decl = -04° 04' 22.09" = -4.072804° Local Hour Angle = +08h 46m 08.55s = 131.53562424901° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 23h 32m 01.818s = 23.533838313h = 353.007574700° Azimuth = 297.98981° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 117.98981° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = WNW Altitude = -32.26832° (Invisible - Below Local Horizon) ================================================================================ Asteroid Vesta ephemeris table for each day of May. 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 2460794 14.9422578 -04.505487 1.187395108 +5.6 xx 2460795 14.9265392 -04.454350 1.185726396 +5.6 xx 2460796 14.9106855 -04.405300 1.184303599 +5.6 xx 2460797 14.8947208 -04.358440 1.183126800 +5.6 1 2460798 14.8786687 -04.313868 1.182195826 +5.6 2 2460799 14.8625532 -04.271674 1.181510287 +5.6 3 2460800 14.8463981 -04.231944 1.181069612 +5.6 4 2460801 14.8302272 -04.194760 1.180873074 +5.6 5 2460802 14.8140642 -04.160202 1.180919807 +5.6 6 2460803 14.7979327 -04.128343 1.181208817 +5.6 7 2460804 14.7818561 -04.099256 1.181738986 +5.6 8 2460805 14.7658573 -04.073010 1.182509081 +5.6 9 2460806 14.7499588 -04.049668 1.183517757 +5.7 10 2460807 14.7341829 -04.029290 1.184763564 +5.7 11 2460808 14.7185513 -04.011933 1.186244952 +5.7 12 2460809 14.7030850 -03.997647 1.187960280 +5.7 13 2460810 14.6878047 -03.986479 1.189907818 +5.7 14 2460811 14.6727303 -03.978471 1.192085751 +5.7 15 2460812 14.6578815 -03.973662 1.194492186 +5.8 16 2460813 14.6432772 -03.972084 1.197125146 +5.8 17 2460814 14.6289360 -03.973766 1.199982579 +5.8 18 2460815 14.6148760 -03.978734 1.203062348 +5.8 19 2460816 14.6011151 -03.987010 1.206362232 +5.8 20 2460817 14.5876707 -03.998614 1.209879912 +5.8 21 2460818 14.5745604 -04.013565 1.213612961 +5.9 22 2460819 14.5618013 -04.031879 1.217558823 +5.9 23 2460820 14.5494102 -04.053572 1.221714780 +5.9 24 2460821 14.5374034 -04.078655 1.226077929 +5.9 25 2460822 14.5257962 -04.107136 1.230645157 +5.9 26 2460823 14.5146027 -04.139016 1.235413139 +6.0 27 2460824 14.5038357 -04.174285 1.240378350 +6.0 28 2460825 14.4935067 -04.212924 1.245537109 +6.0 29 2460826 14.4836262 -04.254907 1.250885626 +6.0 30 2460827 14.4742038 -04.300204 1.256420055 +6.0 31 2460828 14.4652484 -04.348779 1.262136534 +6.1 xx 2460829 14.4567678 -04.400595 1.268031212 +6.1 xx 2460830 14.4487693 -04.455614 1.274100270 +6.1 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================