4 Vesta (Asteroid)

From Fairfield , 4 Vesta is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:24 (EDT), 34° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:46, 44° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:31, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
Name
4 Vesta
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 17 May 2025 |
Right ascension: | 14h37m [1] |
Declination: | −03°51' [1] |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Magnitude: | 5.95 (V) [1] |
Angular diameter: | 0.5 arcsec[1] |
Distance: | 1.20 AU 9.95 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 34.19 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 290.4° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.36 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.090033 |
Inclination: | 7.14° |
Longitude ascending node: | 103.70° |
Argument of perihelion: | 151.62° |
Epoch of elements: | 25 January 2025 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 305.25° |
Absolute mag (H): | 3.25 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 2.15 AU |
Aphelion: | 2.57 AU |
Orbital period: | 3.63 years |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.
02 May 2025 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
13 Oct 2026 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
31 Jan 2028 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
10 Jul 2029 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
24 Nov 2030 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
20 Mar 2032 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
08 Sep 2033 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |
02 Jan 2035 | – Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition |