MOON - VESTA, May 24, 07



Moon, May 24,
20h UTC

coords: 11 01 n 06 12
cent long trmntr: w 5.17d
sin long: -0.0901
ecc ell: 0.982
dist: 248 699 mi / 400 242 km
diam: 29.86'
illum: 59.5%
Sunset London: 20:00 GMT
Moonset: 01:26 (25th)

Features:
N- Murchison, Pallas, Triesnecker, Ukert + graben,
Conon, Hadley, Bradley rilles, Autolycus, Aristillus,
Cassini, Spitzbergen Mts...
Libration: e 5.8d, n 0.46d
at 20h trmntr xing W Archimedes

S- Ptolemaeus/Alphonsus chain to Miller/Huggins/
Nosredin. Trmntr should clear Rupes Recta (!)
at 00:23 UT (25th)
at 20h trmntr xing Lexell and N Rupes Recta

Moon trav 11.14d @ 0.464 d/h

VESTA: 16 38 28 s 13 56 26
5.5 mag, trav 35"/h
ca. 3 deg South of Zeta (13) Oph

Regards,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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