The asteroid 972 Cohnia
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From Ashburn , 972 Cohnia is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible at around 00:05, when it rises 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:30, 56° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 06:10, 50° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
972 Cohnia
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Object Type
Asteroid
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Current Position
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Magnitude: | 15.23 (V)[1] |
| Right Ascension: | 10h04m [1] |
| Declination: | +05°55' [1] |
Orbital Elements[1]
| Semi-major axis: | 3.06 AU |
| Eccentricity: | 0.235004 |
| Inclination: | 8.37° |
| Longitude ascending node: | 281.52° |
| Argument of perihelion: | 93.74° |
| Epoch of elements: | 30 June 2018 |
| Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 63.39° |
Derived quantities
| Perihelion: | 2.34 AU |
| Aphelion: | 3.78 AU |
| Orbital period: | 5.35 years |