The asteroid 416 Vaticana
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From Ashburn , 416 Vaticana is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible at around 17:56 (EST) as the dusk sky fades, 29° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:43, 35° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:37, when it sinks to 22° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
416 Vaticana
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Object Type
Asteroid
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Current Position
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Magnitude: | 13.00 (V)[1] |
| Right Ascension: | 23h37m [1] |
| Declination: | -15°27' [1] |
Orbital Elements[1]
| Semi-major axis: | 2.79 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.218239 |
| Inclination: | 12.86° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 58.09° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 198.05° |
| Epoch of elements: | 30 June 2018 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 56.02° |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.18 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.40 AU |
| Orbital period: | 4.66 years |