1946 Walraven (Asteroid)
From Fairfield , 1946 Walraven is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:56 (EDT), 38° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:56, 46° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:45, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
Name
1946 Walraven
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 26 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 12h25m [1] |
Declination: | -02°45' [1] |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Magnitude: | 16.58 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 1.86 AU 15.46 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 16.30 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 301.7° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.29 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.234897 |
Inclination: | 8.16° |
Longitude ascending node: | 17.24° |
Argument of perihelion: | 340.09° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 174.89° |
Absolute mag (H): | 12.36 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 1.75 AU |
Aphelion: | 2.83 AU |
Orbital period: | 3.47 years |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.