The asteroid 100 Hekate
Finder chart
Click and drag the chart above to pan around the sky, or use the mouse wheel to zoom.
Click to enlarge.
From Ashburn , 100 Hekate is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible at around 21:44, when it rises 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:12, 56° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:49, 31° above your western horizon.
Begin typing the name of a town near to you, and then select the town from the list of options
which appear below.
|
Name
100 Hekate
|
Object Type
Asteroid
|
Current Position
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 12.92 (V)[1] |
| Right Ascension: | 12h10m [1] |
| Declination: | +05°38' [1] |
| Distance: | 2.53 AU 21.06 lightmin [1] |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 42.48 |
Orbital Elements[1]
| Semi-major axis: | 3.09 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.169119 |
| Inclination: | 6.43° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 127.19° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 184.59° |
| Epoch of elements: | 16 January 2019 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 228.25° |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.57 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.61 AU |
| Orbital period: | 5.42 years |