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RE: Asteroid (135) Hertha

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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2015 06 30 000000 19 34 51.0 -25 40 09   1.001   2.002  165.8   7.1  10.3
2015 07 01 000000 19 34 01.2 -25 41 45   0.997   2.001  166.9   6.6  10.2
2015 07 02 000000 19 33 10.2 -25 43 20   0.994   1.999  168.0   6.1  10.2
2015 07 03 000000 19 32 18.1 -25 44 52   0.990   1.998  169.1   5.5  10.2
2015 07 04 000000 19 31 24.9 -25 46 21   0.987   1.996  170.2   5.0  10.1
2015 07 05 000000 19 30 30.6 -25 47 48   0.984   1.995  171.2   4.5  10.1
2015 07 06 000000 19 29 35.5 -25 49 12   0.981   1.994  172.3   3.9  10.1
2015 07 07 000000 19 28 39.5 -25 50 32   0.979   1.992  173.2   3.4  10.0
2015 07 08 000000 19 27 42.8 -25 51 48   0.977   1.991  174.2   3.0  10.0
2015 07 09 000000 19 26 45.5 -25 53 01   0.975   1.989  175.0   2.6   9.9
2015 07 10 000000 19 25 47.6 -25 54 09   0.973   1.988  175.6   2.2   9.9
2015 07 11 000000 19 24 49.4 -25 55 13   0.971   1.987  176.0   2.0   9.9
2015 07 12 000000 19 23 50.8 -25 56 13   0.970   1.985  176.1   2.0   9.9
2015 07 13 000000 19 22 52.0 -25 57 07   0.969   1.984  175.9   2.1   9.9
2015 07 14 000000 19 21 53.1 -25 57 56   0.968   1.983  175.3   2.4   9.9
2015 07 15 000000 19 20 54.2 -25 58 40   0.967   1.981  174.6   2.8   9.9
2015 07 16 000000 19 19 55.5 -25 59 19   0.967   1.980  173.7   3.2  10.0
2015 07 17 000000 19 18 57.0 -25 59 52   0.966   1.979  172.7   3.7  10.0
2015 07 18 000000 19 17 58.9 -26 00 19   0.966   1.977  171.7   4.2  10.0
2015 07 19 000000 19 17 01.3 -26 00 41   0.966   1.976  170.7   4.8  10.0
2015 07 20 000000 19 16 04.3 -26 00 57   0.967   1.975  169.6   5.3  10.1

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Asteroid (135) Hertha was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on February 18, 1874
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Asteroid (135) Hertha is at Opposition on the 9th December, 2012.

Magnitude: 11.4
Distance to Earth: 1.555 au
Distance to Sun: 2.539 au

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Asteroid (135) Hertha is at Opposition on the 28th May, 2011.

Magnitude=10.6
Distance to Sun=2.222 AU
Distance to Earth=1.210 AU

Asteroid (135) Hertha is a large main belt asteroid. Named Hertha, another name for Nerthus, a Germanic fertility goddess. It orbits among the Nysa asteroid family but its classification as an M-type asteroid does not match the more common F-type asteroid for this clan, suggesting that it may be an interloper.
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Google earth file: Asteroid (135) Hertha.kmz (9kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2011 05 26    16 21 06.4 -25 44 08   1.2187  2.2291   174.5     2.5    10.7
2011 05 27    16 20 02.6 -25 42 15   1.2157  2.2268   175.2     2.2    10.6
2011 05 28    16 18 58.5 -25 40 16   1.2129  2.2246   175.7     2.0    10.6
2011 05 29    16 17 54.1 -25 38 11   1.2103  2.2223   175.8     1.9    10.6
2011 05 30    16 16 49.5 -25 36 01   1.2081  2.2201   175.6     2.0    10.6
2011 05 31    16 15 44.8 -25 33 45   1.2060  2.2178   175.1     2.2    10.6
2011 06 01    16 14 40.2 -25 31 25   1.2042  2.2155   174.4     2.6    10.6
2011 06 02    16 13 35.6 -25 28 59   1.2027  2.2133   173.5     3.0    10.7
2011 06 03    16 12 31.3 -25 26 29   1.2014  2.2111   172.6     3.4    10.7
2011 06 04    16 11 27.2 -25 23 54   1.2004  2.2088   171.6     3.9    10.7
2011 06 05    16 10 23.6 -25 21 16   1.1996  2.2066   170.5     4.4    10.7
2011 06 06    16 09 20.5 -25 18 33   1.1990  2.2043   169.4     4.9    10.8
2011 06 07    16 08 18.0 -25 15 47   1.1987  2.2021   168.3     5.4    10.8
2011 06 08    16 07 16.3 -25 12 58   1.1987  2.1999   167.2     5.9    10.8
2011 06 09    16 06 15.3 -25 10 05   1.1988  2.1977   166.1     6.4    10.8
2011 06 10    16 05 15.2 -25 07 10   1.1993  2.1954   164.9     6.9    10.8
2011 06 11    16 04 16.1 -25 04 13   1.1999  2.1932   163.8     7.4    10.9
2011 06 12    16 03 18.0 -25 01 14   1.2008  2.1910   162.6     7.9    10.9
2011 06 13    16 02 21.0 -24 58 13   1.2019  2.1888   161.5     8.5    10.9
2011 06 14    16 01 25.3 -24 55 11   1.2033  2.1866   160.4     9.0    10.9
2011 06 15    16 00 30.8 -24 52 08   1.2048  2.1844   159.2     9.5    11.0
2011 06 16    15 59 37.7 -24 49 05   1.2066  2.1822   158.1    10.0    11.0
2011 06 17    15 58 46.0 -24 46 01   1.2086  2.1800   157.0    10.5    11.0
2011 06 18    15 57 55.7 -24 42 57   1.2108  2.1778   155.8    11.0    11.0
2011 06 19    15 57 07.0 -24 39 54   1.2133  2.1756   154.7    11.5    11.0
2011 06 20    15 56 19.8 -24 36 51   1.2159  2.1734   153.6    12.0    11.1
2011 06 21    15 55 34.4 -24 33 50   1.2188  2.1712   152.5    12.5    11.1
2011 06 22    15 54 50.6 -24 30 50   1.2218  2.1691   151.3    13.0    11.1
2011 06 23    15 54 08.6 -24 27 52   1.2251  2.1669   150.2    13.5    11.1
2011 06 24    15 53 28.4 -24 24 55   1.2285  2.1647   149.1    13.9    11.1
2011 06 25    15 52 50.0 -24 22 01   1.2322  2.1626   148.0    14.4    11.2
2011 06 26    15 52 13.5 -24 19 10   1.2360  2.1604   147.0    14.9    11.2
2011 06 27    15 51 39.0 -24 16 22   1.2401  2.1583   145.9    15.3    11.2
2011 06 28    15 51 06.5 -24 13 37   1.2443  2.1561   144.8    15.8    11.2
2011 06 29    15 50 36.0 -24 10 55   1.2487  2.1540   143.7    16.2    11.3
2011 06 30    15 50 07.5 -24 08 18   1.2532  2.1519   142.7    16.6    11.3