The asteroid 201 Penelope
From Fairfield , 201 Penelope is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:45 (EST) – 3 hours and 58 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:36.
Name
201 Penelope
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Object Type
Asteroid
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Constellation: | Sagittarius |
Magnitude: | 13.71 (V)[1] |
Right Ascension: | 17h45m [1] |
Declination: | -18°13' [1] |
Distance: | 2.90 AU 24.09 lightmin [1] |
Absolute Mag (V): | 42.97 |
Semi-major axis: | 2.68 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.179983 |
Inclination: | 5.75° |
Longitude ascending node: | 156.97° |
Argument of perihelion: | 180.60° |
Epoch of elements: | 16 January 2019 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 282.06° |
Perihelion: | 2.20 AU |
Aphelion: | 3.16 AU |
Orbital period: | 4.39 years |