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Old June 20th 07, 05:45 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Ben
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Default MOON - VESTA, June, 07

Moon, June 20,
20h UTC

coords: 10 46 n 07 49
cent long trmntr: e 24.89d
sin long: 0.4209
ecc ell: 0.946
dist: 246 006 mi / 385 908 km
diam: 30.2'
illum: 33.8%

Features:
N- Maskelyne, Carrel', Jansen, Dawes, Littrow + rilles,
Lemonnier, Chacornac + rilles, Posidonius + rilles...
Libration: e 5.86d, n 0.3d
at 20h trmntr xing Lacus Mortis

S- Cencorius, Toricelli, Theophilus, Beaumont,
Frascatorius, Piccolomini, Stiborius, Metius, Janssen
at 20h trmntr xing Cyrillus

Moon trav 11.434d @ 0.477 d/h

VESTA: 16 13 01 s 14 56
5.8 mag, 28"/h travel
Vesta is about 4.5 deg WNW of Phi Oph

Regards,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539