MOON - VESTA, July 10, 07



Moon, July 10,
08h UTC

coords: 03 16 n 23 03
cent long trmntr: w 32.126d
sin long: -0.5478
ecc ell: 0.8207
dist: 229 034 mi / 365 595 km
diam: 32.4'
illum: 21.4%

Features:
N- Encke + ruins T & R, Kepler, Bessarion, Brayley, Diophantus,
Delisle, Gruithuisen + domes, Mairan + craterlets, Sharp, Harpalus,
at 0h trmntr xing Sinus Iridum

S- Wichmann, Letronne, Gassendi, Doppelmayer/Lee/M/Vitello,
Schiller, Segner, Zucchius, Bailly (! + , huge crater, S limb)

Moon trav 13.395d @ 0.558 d/h

VESTA: 16 04 25 s 16 16
6.2 mag, trav 12"/h
Vesta is ca. 2.5 deg ENE of Theta Librae

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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