* Astronomy

Asteroid (106) Dione is at Opposition at 14:10 UT, 8th January, 2011.

Distance to Sun=2.965 AU 
Distance to Earth=1.984 AU 
Magnitude=11.5 mag 
Elongation=175.1°

Ephemeris
Date       RA  (J2000)  Dec  Const- Mag-   Radius  Delta   Elonga-  
                             ella. nitude                   tion         
2011     h  m   s    o  '  "         mag     AU      AU      o       
Jan  7   7:20:30.2 +27:06:22  Gem   11.5   2.9638  1.9828 175.0 W
     8   7:19:34.2 +27:09:00  Gem   11.5   2.9654  1.9844 175.0 E 
     9   7:18:38.3 +27:11:35  Gem   11.5   2.9670  1.9863 174.8 E
    10   7:17:42.5 +27:14:05  Gem   11.5   2.9686  1.9884 174.2 E
    11   7:16:46.9 +27:16:30  Gem   11.5   2.9702  1.9909 173.5 E
    12   7:15:51.6 +27:18:51  Gem   11.5   2.9718  1.9937 172.7 E
    13   7:14:56.6 +27:21:06  Gem   11.6   2.9734  1.9967 171.7 E
    14   7:14:02.0 +27:23:17  Gem   11.6   2.9750  2.0001 170.7 E
    15   7:13:07.8 +27:25:24  Gem   11.6   2.9766  2.0037 169.6 E
    16   7:12:14.2 +27:27:25  Gem   11.6   2.9782  2.0076 168.6 E
    17   7:11:21.1 +27:29:21  Gem   11.7   2.9798  2.0119 167.4 E
    18   7:10:28.6 +27:31:12  Gem   11.7   2.9814  2.0164 166.3 E
    19   7:09:36.8 +27:32:58  Gem   11.7   2.9830  2.0212 165.2 E
    20   7:08:45.8 +27:34:39  Gem   11.7   2.9847  2.0262 164.0 E
    21   7:07:55.5 +27:36:15  Gem   11.8   2.9863  2.0316 162.9 E
    22   7:07:06.1 +27:37:45  Gem   11.8   2.9879  2.0372 161.7 E
    23   7:06:17.6 +27:39:11  Gem   11.8   2.9895  2.0432 160.6 E
    24   7:05:30.1 +27:40:32  Gem   11.8   2.9911  2.0493 159.4 E
    25   7:04:43.5 +27:41:48  Gem   11.9   2.9927  2.0558 158.3 E
    26   7:03:58.0 +27:42:58  Gem   11.9   2.9944  2.0625 157.1 E
    27   7:03:13.5 +27:44:04  Gem   11.9   2.9960  2.0695 156.0 E
    28   7:02:30.2 +27:45:05  Gem   11.9   2.9976  2.0768 154.8 E
    29   7:01:48.1 +27:46:01  Gem   12.0   2.9992  2.0843 153.7 E
    30   7:01:07.2 +27:46:52  Gem   12.0   3.0009  2.0921 152.5 E
    31   7:00:27.6 +27:47:38  Gem   12.0   3.0025  2.1001 151.4 E