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Aim point RA: 16h 30m 27s Dec: −237°27'55"
Tue 2005 May 3 5:00 UTC

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View of RA: 16h 30m 27s Dec: -237°27'55" at Tue 2005 May 3 5:00 UTC
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Sun2h 41m 37s+15° 41.9'1.008
Mercury1h 6m 38s+3° 53.2'0.945
Venus3h 16m 20s+17° 47.9'1.703
Moon22h 45m 28s−11° 51.3'57.6 ER
Mars22h 16m 31s−12° 28.8'1.373
Jupiter12h 41m 8s−2° 44.8'4.578
Saturn7h 35m 1s+21° 49.5'9.383
Uranus22h 47m 25s−8° 30.0'20.504
Neptune21h 20m 2s−15° 41.6'30.128
Pluto17h 35m 45s−15° 1.3'30.187
1 Ceres 15h 17m 55s−8° 31.3'1.689

Elements for 1 Ceres (asteroidal):

Epoch: 2453400.50000 (2005/1/30 0:00:00)
o (argument of perihelion): 73.72889
O (longitude of ascending node): 80.42334
i (inclination): 10.58276
e (eccentricity): 0.0800887
a (semimajor axis): 2.7673017 AU
M (mean anomaly): 43.77971
T (perihelion date): 2453196.02694 (2004/7/9 12:38:47)
q (perihelion distance): 2.54567 AU
H (mean visual magnitude): 3.34
G (magnitude slope factor): 0.12
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