(9) Metis |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Opposition | 8 May 2025 | 9.7 | 2.640 AU | 1.632 AU | 15h08m | -14°19' | 176.7° | 1.3° |
Today | 9 May 2025 | 9.7 | 2.641 AU | 1.632 AU | 15h07m | -14°18' | 176.8° | 1.2° |
(9) Metis - 2025-05-09
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The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date.
Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below.
(Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)
The orbital elements of Metis are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.1226466
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.3863771
i (Inclination) : 5.57803
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 68.86994
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 5.85523
M (Mean anomaly) : 145.77822
Epoch : 2025 May 05
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 74.69764
B (Latitude of perihelion) : 0.56816
P (Orbital period in years) : 3.69
The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.
The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.
The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.
A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.
Ephemerides:
Date Time RA (2000) DEC (2000) delta radius elong phase PA magn
2025-05-09 00:00 UT 15 07 59.5 -14 18 46 1.632 2.641 176.8 1.2 201 9.7
2025-05-09 09:03 UT 15 07 36.3 -14 17 56 1.632 2.641 176.9 1.2 192 9.7
2025-05-10 00:00 UT 15 06 58.1 -14 16 34 1.633 2.641 176.7 1.2 179 9.7
2025-05-11 00:00 UT 15 05 56.7 -14 14 22 1.633 2.642 176.2 1.4 161 9.7
2025-05-12 00:00 UT 15 04 55.5 -14 12 12 1.634 2.642 175.5 1.7 148 9.7
2025-05-13 00:00 UT 15 03 54.4 -14 10 04 1.636 2.643 174.5 2.1 139 9.8
2025-05-14 00:00 UT 15 02 53.7 -14 07 57 1.637 2.644 173.5 2.5 133 9.8
2025-05-15 00:00 UT 15 01 53.3 -14 05 52 1.639 2.644 172.4 2.9 129 9.8
2025-05-16 00:00 UT 15 00 53.2 -14 03 49 1.641 2.645 171.3 3.3 126 9.9
2025-05-17 00:00 UT 14 59 53.7 -14 01 49 1.643 2.645 170.2 3.7 123 9.9
2025-05-18 00:00 UT 14 58 54.6 -13 59 51 1.646 2.646 169.0 4.2 121 9.9
2025-05-19 00:00 UT 14 57 56.2 -13 57 56 1.649 2.647 167.9 4.6 120 9.9
2025-05-20 00:00 UT 14 56 58.4 -13 56 04 1.652 2.647 166.7 5.0 118 10.0
2025-05-21 00:00 UT 14 56 01.3 -13 54 15 1.656 2.648 165.5 5.5 117 10.0
2025-05-22 00:00 UT 14 55 04.9 -13 52 30 1.659 2.648 164.4 5.9 116 10.0
2025-05-23 00:00 UT 14 54 09.4 -13 50 48 1.663 2.649 163.2 6.3 116 10.0
2025-05-24 00:00 UT 14 53 14.8 -13 49 11 1.668 2.649 162.1 6.8 115 10.1
2025-05-25 00:00 UT 14 52 21.1 -13 47 37 1.672 2.650 160.9 7.2 114 10.1
2025-05-26 00:00 UT 14 51 28.4 -13 46 08 1.677 2.650 159.7 7.6 114 10.1
2025-05-27 00:00 UT 14 50 36.7 -13 44 44 1.682 2.651 158.6 8.0 113 10.1
2025-05-28 00:00 UT 14 49 46.1 -13 43 24 1.687 2.651 157.4 8.4 113 10.2
2025-05-29 00:00 UT 14 48 56.7 -13 42 09 1.693 2.652 156.3 8.8 113 10.2
2025-05-30 00:00 UT 14 48 08.4 -13 40 59 1.698 2.652 155.1 9.2 112 10.2
2025-05-31 00:00 UT 14 47 21.4 -13 39 55 1.704 2.653 154.0 9.6 112 10.2
2025-06-01 00:00 UT 14 46 35.7 -13 38 55 1.710 2.653 152.9 10.0 112 10.3
2025-06-02 00:00 UT 14 45 51.2 -13 38 02 1.717 2.654 151.7 10.4 112 10.3
2025-06-03 00:00 UT 14 45 08.1 -13 37 14 1.724 2.654 150.6 10.8 111 10.3
2025-06-04 00:00 UT 14 44 26.4 -13 36 32 1.730 2.655 149.5 11.2 111 10.3
2025-06-05 00:00 UT 14 43 46.0 -13 35 55 1.738 2.655 148.4 11.5 111 10.4
2025-06-06 00:00 UT 14 43 07.1 -13 35 25 1.745 2.656 147.3 11.9 111 10.4
2025-06-07 00:00 UT 14 42 29.6 -13 35 01 1.753 2.656 146.2 12.3 111 10.4
2025-06-08 00:00 UT 14 41 53.6 -13 34 42 1.760 2.657 145.1 12.6 111 10.4
Terminology:
delta: distance between minor planet and earth in AU
radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
magn: magnitude (brightness) estimate
ra: right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
dec: declination in degrees
elong: elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)
phase: phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)
AU: Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.