The asteroid 93 Minerva
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From Ashburn (click to change), 93 Minerva is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 23:55 (EDT) – 6 hours and 2 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 48° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:40.
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Name
93 Minerva
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Object Type
Asteroid
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Current Position
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 12.70 (V)[1] |
| Right Ascension: | 00h48m [1] |
| Declination: | +02°30' [1] |
Orbital Elements[1]
| Semi-major axis: | 2.76 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.139042 |
| Inclination: | 8.56° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 4.05° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 274.70° |
| Epoch of elements: | 30 June 2018 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 52.61° |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.37 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.14 AU |
| Orbital period: | 4.57 years |