The asteroid 532 Herculina
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From Ashburn , 532 Herculina is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible at around 20:29 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 69° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:05, 84° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:00, when it sinks to 22° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
532 Herculina
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Object Type
Asteroid
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Current Position
| Constellation: | Lynx |
| Magnitude: | 9.59 (V)[1] |
| Right Ascension: | 09h08m [1] |
| Declination: | +33°26' [1] |
| Distance: | 1.63 AU 13.52 lightmin [1] |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | 40.11 |
Orbital Elements[1]
| Semi-major axis: | 2.77 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.175422 |
| Inclination: | 16.32° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 107.53° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 76.28° |
| Epoch of elements: | 16 January 2019 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 322.89° |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.29 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.26 AU |
| Orbital period: | 4.62 years |
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