494 Virtus (Asteroid)
From Cambridge , 494 Virtus is visible between 21:41 and 03:31. It will become accessible at around 21:41, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:36, 35° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:31 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
Name
494 Virtus
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 26 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 14h10m [1] |
Declination: | -12°36' [1] |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Magnitude: | 13.00 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 1.82 AU 15.17 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 19.75 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 296.6° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.99 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.064266 |
Inclination: | 7.08° |
Longitude ascending node: | 38.07° |
Argument of perihelion: | 215.08° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 302.32° |
Absolute mag (H): | 9.34 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 2.79 AU |
Aphelion: | 3.18 AU |
Orbital period: | 5.16 years |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.