74 Galatea (Asteroid)
From Fairfield , 74 Galatea is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:32 (EDT) – 3 hours and 34 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:56.
Name
74 Galatea
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 18 April 2024 |
Right ascension: | 20h40m [1] |
Declination: | -14°06' [1] |
Constellation: | Aquarius |
Magnitude: | 14.14 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 2.57 AU 21.34 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 14.62 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 256.7° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.78 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.236291 |
Inclination: | 4.07° |
Longitude ascending node: | 197.12° |
Argument of perihelion: | 174.80° |
Epoch of elements: | 22 December 2023 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 275.61° |
Absolute mag (H): | 8.96 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 2.12 AU |
Aphelion: | 3.44 AU |
Orbital period: | 4.64 years |
All times shown in Fairfield local time.