From Columbus
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Jupiter is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 19:03, when it reaches an altitude of 7° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:37, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 07:03, 20° above your western horizon.
Name
Jupiter
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Object type
Superior planet
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Orbital elements [2]Semi-major axis: | 5.20 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.048393 |
Inclination: | 1.31° |
Longitude ascending node: | 100.56° |
Argument of perihelion: | -85.80° |
Epoch of elements: | 01 January 2000 |
Mean Anomaly at epoch: | 19.65° |
Absolute mag (H): | -9.38 [1] |
Slope parameter (n): | 2.00 [1] |
Derived quantitiesPerihelion: | 4.95 AU |
Aphelion: | 5.46 AU |
Orbital period: | 11.87 years |
Sources[1] | Robin M. Green, Spherical Astronomy, 1985, ISBN 0-521-31779-7 |
[2] | Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac. 1992. K. P. Seidelmann, Ed., p.316 |