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RE: Asteroid (55) Pandora

Blobrana · L

Asteroid (55) Pandora makes its closest approach to the Earth (1.376 AU) on the 16th October 2014

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2014 10 15 000000 01 29 51.1 +12 28 37   1.376   2.371  175.1   2.1  10.5
2014 10 16 000000 01 28 54.1 +12 27 03   1.376   2.371  175.9   1.7  10.5
2014 10 17 000000 01 27 57.1 +12 25 26   1.376   2.371  176.6   1.4  10.5
2014 10 18 000000 01 27 00.1 +12 23 46   1.376   2.372  176.9   1.3  10.4
2014 10 19 000000 01 26 03.1 +12 22 03   1.377   2.372  176.8   1.3  10.5
2014 10 20 000000 01 25 06.3 +12 20 17   1.378   2.372  176.2   1.6  10.5
2014 10 21 000000 01 24 09.8 +12 18 30   1.379   2.373  175.4   1.9  10.5
2014 10 22 000000 01 23 13.6 +12 16 40   1.380   2.373  174.4   2.3  10.5
2014 10 23 000000 01 22 17.7 +12 14 49   1.382   2.373  173.4   2.8  10.6
2014 10 24 000000 01 21 22.4 +12 12 57   1.384   2.373  172.3   3.2  10.6
2014 10 25 000000 01 20 27.6 +12 11 04   1.386   2.374  171.2   3.7  10.6
2014 10 26 000000 01 19 33.4 +12 09 11   1.389   2.374  170.0   4.2  10.7
2014 10 27 000000 01 18 40.0 +12 07 17   1.391   2.374  168.9   4.6  10.7
2014 10 28 000000 01 17 47.3 +12 05 24   1.394   2.375  167.7   5.1  10.7
2014 10 29 000000 01 16 55.5 +12 03 32   1.398   2.375  166.5   5.6  10.8
2014 10 30 000000 01 16 04.7 +12 01 41   1.401   2.375  165.3   6.1  10.8
2014 10 31 000000 01 15 14.8 +11 59 52   1.405   2.376  164.2   6.5  10.8

Blobrana · L

Asteroid 55 Pandora is a fairly large and very bright asteroid in the asteroid belt. Pandora was discovered by George Mary Searle on September 10, 1858 from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, NY. It was his first and only asteroid discovery.
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Blobrana · L

Asteroid (55) Pandora is at Opposition at 10:30 UT, 1st January, 2011.

Distance to Sun=2.678 AU
Distance to Earth=1.707 AU
Magnitude=11.5 mag
Elongation=168.7°