25 Phocaea (Asteroid)
From Fairfield , 25 Phocaea is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:12 (EDT), 31° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:22, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:42, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
25 Phocaea
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Object type
Asteroid
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Current position
| Computed for: | 08 May 2024 |
| Right ascension: | 13h39m [1] |
| Declination: | -09°01' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 10.75 (V) [1] |
| Distance: | 1.26 AU 10.47 lightmin [1] |
| Angular motion (speed): | 30.08 arcmin/day[1] |
| Angular motion (pos ang): | 268.1° |
Orbital elements [1]
| Semi-major axis: | 2.40 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.254318 |
| Inclination: | 21.61° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 214.09° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 90.21° |
| Epoch of elements: | 31 March 2024 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 290.19° |
| Absolute mag (H): | 7.88 [1] |
| Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 1.79 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.01 AU |
| Orbital period: | 3.72 years |