Uranus (Planet)
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From San Diego
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Uranus will become visible at around 20:04 (PDT), 27° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 17 minutes after the Sun at 22:22.
Name
Uranus
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Object type
Superior planet
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Orbital elements [2]Semi-major axis: | 19.19 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.047168 |
Inclination: | 0.77° |
Longitude ascending node: | 74.23° |
Argument of perihelion: | 96.73° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 142.27° |
Absolute mag (H): | -7.17 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantitiesPerihelion: | 18.29 AU |
Aphelion: | 20.10 AU |
Orbital period: | 84.07 years |
Sources[1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
[2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. 1992. K. P. Seidelmann, Ed., p.316 |
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