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Old June 27th 07, 04:46 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Ben
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Default MOON - VESTA, June, 07

Moon, June 28,
0h UTC

coords: 16 12 s 26 16
cent long trmntr: w 62.387
sin long: -0.886
ecc ell: 0.5036
dist: 247 674 mi / 398 592 km
dia: 30.0'
illum: 93.1%

Features:
N- Reiner + gamma + ruins R & P, Marius + hills,
Aristarchus Plateau, Schiaparelli, Rumker,
N Limb vv good
Libration: w 2.52 d, n 7.16d
at oh trmntr between Schiaparelli and Seleucus

S- Elevations around Flamsteed G, Hansteen, Billy,
Mersennius, Cavendish, Vieta, Clausius, S Highlands...
at 0 h trmntr xing Damoiseau and Schickhard

Moon trav 11.475 d @ 0.478 d/h

VESTA: 16 08 33 s 15 22
6.0 mag, trav 22"/h
Vesta is ca. 3.5 deg ENE of Theta Ophiuchi

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539