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Old May 29th 07, 06:44 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Ben
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Default MOON - VESTA, May 29, 07

Moon, May 29,
20h UTC

coords: 14 38 s 20 01
cent long trmntr: w 65.99
sin long -0.9134
ecc ell: 0.422
dist: 250 912 mi / 403 804 km
diam: 29.59'
illum: 95.3%

Features:
N- Reiner +R + P (ruins) + gamma, Galilaei,
Seleucus, Schiaparelli, Briggs, Lichtenberg +
dark ray, Aristarchus Plateau, Rumker, N Limb
Libration: w 0.94d, n 5.9d
at 20h trmntr xing E Hevelius and Cavalerius

S- Hermann, Damoiseau, Sirsalis + rilles,
Cavendish, Paul & Prosper Henry, Vieta
Phocylides/Nasmyth
at 20h trmntr xing Wargentin

Moon trav 10.99d @ 0.458 d/h

VESTA, 0h UT May 30
16 33 28 s 14 02,
5.4 mag, trav 37"/h
Vesta is about 1 deg S of M 107

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539