Visibility of Small Solar-System Bodies
(Asteroids) in 2008:

On August 24, 2006, astronomers at the 26^th General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague declare that (1) Ceres is no longer a asteroid. Now Ceres will be known as "dwarf planet".

(15) Eunomia

Jan. 10, 2008

+8.2^m

320

2.64

0.23^o

0.19

(6) Hebe

Feb. 7

+8.8^m

190

2.42

0.26^o

0.20

(5) Astraea

Apr. 6

+9.4^m

120

2.57

0.24^o

0.19

(7) Iris

Apr. 9

+9.4^m

211

2.38

0.27^o

0.23

(20) Massalia

June 11

+9.9^m

145

2.41

0.26^o

0.14

(3) Juno

June 12

+10.1^m

274

2.67

0.23^o

0.26

(11) Parthenope

Aug. 6

+8.8^m

153

2.45

0.26^o

0.10

(4) Vesta

Oct. 30

+6.4^m

512

2.36

0.27^o

0.09

(9) Metis

Nov. 4

+8.5^m

209

2.39

0.27^o

0.12

(2) Pallas

Dec. 4

+8.0^m

524

2.77

0.21^o

0.23

(40) Harmonia

Jan. 12, 2009

+9.5^m

108

2.27

0.29^o

0.05

(27) Euterpe

Feb. 4

+8.8^m

118

2.35

0.27^o

0.17

Dec. 16, 2007

7^h 53.3^m

+24^o 19'

+8.8^m

2.41

1.52

Jan. 15, 2008

7^h 21.8^m

+22^o 58'

+8.3^m

2.47

1.49

Feb. 14

6^h 57.6^m

+21^o 15'

+9.2^m

2.53

1.70

Mar. 15

7^h 00.0^m

+19^o 38'

+9.9^m

2.59

2.08

July 23, 2008

2^h 29.2^m

+6^o 53'

+7.9^m

2.45

2.35

Aug. 12

2^h 48.3^m

+7^o 30'

+7.7^m

2.47

2.12

Sept. 1

2^h 59.6^m

+7^o 21'

+7.4^m

2.48

1.89

Sept. 21

3^h 00.6^m

+6^o 27'

+7.1^m

2.50

1.70

Oct. 11

2^h 50.3^m

+5^o 00'

+6.7^m

2.51

1.57

Oct. 31

2^h 31.8^m

+3^o 34'

+6.4^m

2.52

1.54

Nov. 20

2^h 13.3^m

+2^o 52'

+6.8^m

2.53

1.62

Dec. 10

2^h 02.5^m

+3^o 20'

+7.2^m

2.54

1.79

Dec. 30

2^h 02.6^m

+4^o 49'

+7.6^m

2.55

2.02

Jan. 19, 2009

2^h 12.5^m

+7^o 01'

+7.9^m

2.56

2.29

Feb. 8

2^h 30.1^m

+9^o 36'

+8.1^m

2.56

2.56

Oct. 11, 2008

5^h 27.4^m

-19^o 04'

+8.5^m

2.39

1.85

Nov. 10

5^h 30.3^m

-27^o 58'

+8.1^m

2.33

1.64

Dec. 10

5^h 09.6^m

-32^o 47'

+8.0^m

2.27

1.56

Jan. 9, 2009

4^h 47.9^m

-30^o 14'

+8.1^m

2.22

1.61

Feb. 8

4^h 50.2^m

-22^o 15'

+8.3^m

2.18

1.74

Glossary

Astronomical Unit (AU):

middle distance between Earth and Sun, equal 149.6 millions km.

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.

Note: All time moments are given in Universal Time (UT) units.
For Kyiv Local_Time=UT+2^h (and Local_Time=UT+3^h for summer time).