Re: MOON - VESTA, July 16 - 31, 07

Moon, July 23
0h UTC

coords: 14 55 s 21 47
long trmntr: w 18.358d
sin cent long: -0.315
ecc ell: 0.955
dist: 250 277 mi/ 402 782 km
diam: 29.7'
illum: 64.9%

Features:
N- Gombart, Sradius (ruin), Eratosthenes, Timocharis,
Grabau ridge, Plato, N limb (++ Birmingham, Goldschmidt,
(ruins), Anaxagoras etc.)
Libration: w 1.1d, n 6.7d
at 0h trmntr xing Mons Recti

S- not advantageaos but craters around equator good.
(Fra Mauro, Parry, Bonpland) S craters with slump terracing
are also attractive.
at 0 h trmntr xing Clavius.

Moon trav 10.978d @ 0.457 d/h

VESTA: 16 05 37 s 17 32
6.5 mag, 18"/h
Vesta is ca. 2.0 d N of Beta Scorpii.

Regards,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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