Asteroid Metis Ephemeris Calculator
Based on the U.S. Naval Observatory Asteroid Ephemeris, 1998
Date: (1800 to 2099) Y m d
Local Time (00h to 24h) H:M:S
Local Time Zone Offset ±H:M
Undefined1
Std. Time = UT
Apply ΔT
+00:00:00
Daylight / Summer Time
Undefined3
Longitude ±Deg.d M S
(Neg=W)
Latitude ±Deg.d M S
(Neg=S)
Sea Level Elevation
(± meters)
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Asteroid Metis Ephemeris Statistics Referred to True Ecliptic and Equinox of the Date Based On the U.S.N.O. Asteroid Ephemeris, 1998 Local Date = 2025 May 11 - Sun Local Time = 18:43:20 Standard Time Std. Time Zone Offset = 00:00:00 Applied Delta T = +00:00:00 Astronomical JD TT = 2460807.28009259 ================================================================================ Geocentric Equatorial Coordinates of Asteroid Metis Right Ascension = 15h 06m 34.28s = 15.1095235h = 226.6428525° Declination = -14° 18' 42.29" = -14.311746° True Distance = 1.634113802 AU = 244.459945 Mkm = 151.900368 Mmi Visual Magnitude = +9.6 Horizontal Parallax = 5.382" = 0.089693' = 0.001494889° Light/Signal Time = 13m 35.431s ================================================================================ Local Topocentric Coordinates of Asteroid Metis For Geographic Location: Longitude = -76.833611111° = -05h 07m 20.1s (W=Negative) Latitude = +42.752194444° Elevation = 0 m Topocentric RA = 15h 06m 34.41s = 15.1095580h = 226.6433704° Topocentric Decl = -14° 18' 44.94" = -14.312482° Local Hour Angle = -10h 11m 21.83s = -152.84097403701° (W=Negative) Local Sidereal Time = 04h 55m 12.575s = 4.920159758h = 73.802396365° Azimuth = 47.61122° (Measured clockwise from N=0°) = 227.61122° (Measured clockwise from S=0°) Direction = NE Altitude = -53.21329° (Invisible - Below Local Horizon) ================================================================================ Asteroid Metis ephemeris table for each day of May. 2014 at 12:00 TT. Computed according to USNO AE98 ephemeris model - No Delta T applied. There are three extra (xx) days at each end of the table. JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day 2460794 15.3326513 -14.797109 1.644364951 +9.9 xx 2460795 15.3165192 -14.761121 1.641899029 +9.9 xx 2460796 15.3002068 -14.724833 1.639705841 +9.8 xx 2460797 15.2837327 -14.688301 1.637786809 +9.8 1 2460798 15.2671156 -14.651581 1.636143075 +9.8 2 2460799 15.2503743 -14.614725 1.634775539 +9.8 3 2460800 15.2335280 -14.577787 1.633684889 +9.7 4 2460801 15.2165959 -14.540823 1.632871630 +9.7 5 2460802 15.1995976 -14.503889 1.632336097 +9.7 6 2460803 15.1825524 -14.467043 1.632078468 +9.7 7 2460804 15.1654797 -14.430344 1.632098769 +9.6 8 2460805 15.1483988 -14.393852 1.632396878 +9.6 9 2460806 15.1313287 -14.357628 1.632972532 +9.6 10 2460807 15.1142885 -14.321733 1.633825327 +9.6 11 2460808 15.0972966 -14.286228 1.634954725 +9.7 12 2460809 15.0803713 -14.251175 1.636360061 +9.7 13 2460810 15.0635307 -14.216635 1.638040544 +9.7 14 2460811 15.0467923 -14.182667 1.639995263 +9.8 15 2460812 15.0301736 -14.149331 1.642223185 +9.8 16 2460813 15.0136915 -14.116686 1.644723163 +9.8 17 2460814 14.9973629 -14.084790 1.647493926 +9.8 18 2460815 14.9812046 -14.053700 1.650534087 +9.9 19 2460816 14.9652330 -14.023474 1.653842127 +9.9 20 2460817 14.9494646 -13.994170 1.657416397 +9.9 21 2460818 14.9339160 -13.965847 1.661255093 +9.9 22 2460819 14.9186038 -13.938566 1.665356242 +10.0 23 2460820 14.9035442 -13.912391 1.669717665 +10.0 24 2460821 14.8887533 -13.887384 1.674336948 +10.0 25 2460822 14.8742462 -13.863607 1.679211410 +10.0 26 2460823 14.8600373 -13.841119 1.684338091 +10.1 27 2460824 14.8461397 -13.819974 1.689713764 +10.1 28 2460825 14.8325657 -13.800216 1.695334962 +10.1 29 2460826 14.8193268 -13.781888 1.701198032 +10.1 30 2460827 14.8064340 -13.765029 1.707299184 +10.2 31 2460828 14.7938976 -13.749673 1.713634534 +10.2 xx 2460829 14.7817276 -13.735855 1.720200144 +10.2 xx 2460830 14.7699329 -13.723606 1.726992034 +10.2 xx JD12_TT RA_Hr Decl_Deg Dist_AU VMag Day ================================================================================
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