MOON - VESTA, May27, 07



Moon, May 27,
20h UTC

coords: 13 07 s 10 27
cent long trmntr: w 41.758d
sin long: -0.666
ecc ell: 0.725
dist: 251 938 mi / 405 545 km
diam: 29.47'
illum: 84.4%

Features:
N- Encke, Maestin, Kepler, Kunowsky, Bessarion,
Diophantus, Delisle + elev, Gruithuisen + domes
Libration: e 1.79d, n 4.29d
at 20h trmntr xing Prinz and Harbinger Mts

S- Wichmann + elev, ruins, Heregonius + rille,
trmntr clears Gassendi (!) @ 21:21 UT
Lee, Doppelmayer, Vitello + M (ruin)
at 20h trmntr xing Hansteen and Schickhard

Moon trav 10.845d @ 0.452 d/h

VESTA, 0h May 28
16 35 28 s 14 00
5.4 mag, trav 37"/h
Vesta is about midway between Zeta (13)
and Phi (8) Ophiuchi

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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