Visibility of asteroids
(minor planets) in 2005:

(1) Ceres

May 8

7.0^m

957

2.77

0.08

0.21^o

(2) Pallas

Mar. 23

7.1^m

524

2.77

0.23

0.21^o

(3) Juno

Dec. 9

7.6^m

274

2.67

0.26

0.23^o

(4) Vesta

Jan. 5, 2006

6.2^m

512

2.36

0.09

0.27^o

(6) Hebe

Apr. 13

9.9^m

190

2.43

0.20

0.26^o

(7) Iris

June 3

9.2^m

211

2.39

0.23

0.27^o

(8) Flora

Jan. 14

8.4^m

138

2.20

0.16

0.30^o

(11) Parthenope

Dec. 9

9.8^m

153

2.45

0.10

0.26^o

(15) Eunomia

Apr. 30

9.8^m

320

2.64

0.19

0.23^o

(18) Melpomene

June 18

9.5^m

138

2.29

0.22

0.28^o

(20) Massalia

Aug. 24

9.7^m

145

2.41

0.14

0.26^o

(29) Amphitrite

Mar. 30

9.2^m

212

2.56

0.07

0.24^o

(39) Laetitia

July 24

9.6^m

150

2.77

0.11

0.21^o

Apr. 10

15^h 35.7^m

-9^o 00'

7.5^m

1.78

May 10

15^h 12.1^m

-8^o 30'

7.0^m

1.69

June 9

14^h 48.6^m

-9^o 07'

7.6^m

1.83

Feb. 19

12^h 44.2^m

-2^o 46'

7.7^m

1.46

Mar. 21

12^h 29.8^m

8^o 25'

7.1^m

1.37

Apr. 20

12^h 11.1^m

17^o 30'

7.9^m

1.55

Nov. 6, 2005

5^h 33.3^m

1^o 20'

7.9^m

1.14

Dec. 6, 2005

5^h 17.0^m

-1^o 54'

7.5^m

1.06

Jan. 5, 2006

4^h 56.1^m

0^o 17'

7.9^m

1.17

Dec. 6, 2005

7^h 34.8^m

20^o 34'

7.0^m

1.70

Jan. 5, 2006

7^h 08.4^m

22^o 46'

6.3^m

1.55

Feb. 4, 2006

6^h 39.5^m

24^o 42'

6.9^m

1.65

Glossary

Eccentricity:

a parameter that specifies the shape of a conic section; one of the standard elements used to describe an elliptic orbit.

Mean Distance:

the semimajor axis of an elliptic orbit.

Opposition:

a configuration of the Sun, Earth and a planet in which the apparent geocentric longitude of the planet differs by 180^o from the apparent geocentric longitude of the Sun.

Semimajor Axis:

half the length of the major axis of an ellipse; a standard element used to describe an elliptical orbit.

Astronomical Unit (AU):

middle distance from Earth to Sun, equal 149.6 millions km.

Note: All the times in this page are expressed in universal time (UT).
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2^h (and Local_Time=UT+3^h for summer time).