66 Maja (Asteroid)
From Cambridge , 66 Maja is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:13 (EDT), 69° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:32, 70° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:53, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
66 Maja
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 28 March 2024 |
Right ascension: | 08h15m [1] |
Declination: | +22°38' [1] |
Constellation: | Cancer |
Magnitude: | 14.14 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 2.01 AU 16.71 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 18.29 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 284.1° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.65 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.172560 |
Inclination: | 3.04° |
Longitude ascending node: | 7.48° |
Argument of perihelion: | 43.34° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 49.09° |
Absolute mag (H): | 9.54 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 2.19 AU |
Aphelion: | 3.10 AU |
Orbital period: | 4.30 years |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.