172 Baucis (Asteroid)
From Fairfield , 172 Baucis is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:55 (EDT), 50° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:10, 51° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:20, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
172 Baucis
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 25 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 10h35m [1] |
Declination: | +02°15' [1] |
Constellation: | Sextans |
Magnitude: | 13.20 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 1.91 AU 15.89 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 16.99 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 303.7° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.38 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.114565 |
Inclination: | 10.02° |
Longitude ascending node: | 331.90° |
Argument of perihelion: | 359.28° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 180.29° |
Absolute mag (H): | 8.76 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 2.11 AU |
Aphelion: | 2.65 AU |
Orbital period: | 3.67 years |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.