The asteroid 432 Pythia
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From Ashburn (click to change), 432 Pythia is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:32 (EDT) – 4 hours and 20 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 35° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:48.
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Name
432 Pythia
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Object Type
Asteroid
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Current Position
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 14.38 (V)[1] |
| Right Ascension: | 08h37m [1] |
| Declination: | +22°13' [1] |
Orbital Elements[1]
| Semi-major axis: | 2.37 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.146001 |
| Inclination: | 12.12° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 88.75° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 174.09° |
| Epoch of elements: | 30 June 2018 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 193.48° |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.02 AU |
| Aphelion: | 2.72 AU |
| Orbital period: | 3.65 years |