385 Ilmatar (Asteroid)
From Fairfield , 385 Ilmatar is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:58 (EDT), 22° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:05, 29° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:16, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
Name
385 Ilmatar
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Object type
Asteroid
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Current position
Computed for: | 27 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 12h39m [1] |
Declination: | -19°43' [1] |
Constellation: | Corvus |
Magnitude: | 11.49 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 1.58 AU 13.13 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 24.82 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 305.8° |
Orbital elements [1]
Semi-major axis: | 2.85 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.126451 |
Inclination: | 13.58° |
Longitude ascending node: | 344.86° |
Argument of perihelion: | 189.12° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 358.57° |
Absolute mag (H): | 7.86 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Derived quantities
Perihelion: | 2.49 AU |
Aphelion: | 3.21 AU |
Orbital period: | 4.80 years |