792 Metcalfia (Asteroid)
From Cambridge , 792 Metcalfia is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:24 (EST), 36° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:29, 70° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:53, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
Name
792 Metcalfia
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Object type
Asteroid
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Computed for: | 13 December 2024 |
Right ascension: | 03h18m [1] |
Declination: | +23°21' [1] |
Constellation: | Aries |
Magnitude: | 13.77 (V) [1] |
Distance: | 1.55 AU 12.85 lightmin [1] |
Angular motion (speed): | 23.94 arcmin/day[1] |
Angular motion (pos ang): | 262.2° |
Semi-major axis: | 2.62 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.131347 |
Inclination: | 8.63° |
Longitude ascending node: | 265.03° |
Argument of perihelion: | 226.69° |
Epoch of elements: | 25 January 2025 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 315.58° |
Absolute mag (H): | 10.19 [1] |
Slope parameter (G): | 0.15 [1] |
Perihelion: | 2.28 AU |
Aphelion: | 2.97 AU |
Orbital period: | 4.25 years |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.