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RE: Asteroid (270) Anahita

Blobrana · L

Asteroid (270) Anahita is at Opposition in the constellation Pisces on the 14th September 2014

Magnitude: 10.1
Distance to Earth; 0.873 AU
Distance to Sun: 1.877 AU

The asteroid will pass less than 1' from magnitude +14.1 asteroid (1641) Tana (the pink dot in image) at about ~19:30 UT, 14th September 2014. Asteroid (1641) Tana is 1.7221 AU from the Earth; over twice the distance of asteroid (270) Anahita

Ephemeris

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     Mag
2014 09 10    23 24 04.0 +01 38 57   0.8719  1.8751   172.6     4.0    10.2
2014 09 11    23 23 11.6 +01 33 14   0.8718  1.8756   173.4     3.5    10.2
2014 09 12    23 22 19.0 +01 27 24   0.8719  1.8760   174.1     3.1    10.1
2014 09 13    23 21 26.4 +01 21 29   0.8723  1.8765   174.6     2.9    10.1
2014 09 14    23 20 33.9 +01 15 28   0.8728  1.8770   174.9     2.7    10.1
2014 09 15    23 19 41.5 +01 09 23   0.8736  1.8775   174.9     2.7    10.1
2014 09 16    23 18 49.5 +01 03 13   0.8746  1.8780   174.6     2.9    10.1
2014 09 17    23 17 57.7 +00 57 01   0.8758  1.8786   174.1     3.2    10.1
2014 09 18    23 17 06.5 +00 50 46   0.8773  1.8791   173.4     3.5    10.2
2014 09 19    23 16 15.8 +00 44 30   0.8789  1.8797   172.5     4.0    10.2
2014 09 20    23 15 25.7 +00 38 12   0.8808  1.8802   171.6     4.5    10.2
2014 09 21    23 14 36.5 +00 31 54   0.8830  1.8808   170.6     5.0    10.3
2014 09 22    23 13 48.1 +00 25 36   0.8853  1.8814   169.6     5.5    10.3
2014 09 23    23 13 00.6 +00 19 20   0.8878  1.8820   168.5     6.1    10.3
2014 09 24    23 12 14.2 +00 13 05   0.8906  1.8826   167.4     6.7    10.4
2014 09 25    23 11 29.0 +00 06 52   0.8936  1.8833   166.3     7.2    10.4
2014 09 26    23 10 44.9 +00 00 43   0.8968  1.8839   165.2     7.8    10.4
2014 09 27    23 10 02.2 -00 05 22   0.9003  1.8845   164.1     8.4    10.5
2014 09 28    23 09 20.9 -00 11 23   0.9039  1.8852   163.0     8.9    10.5
2014 09 29    23 08 41.0 -00 17 19   0.9077  1.8859   161.9     9.5    10.5
2014 09 30    23 08 02.7 -00 23 09   0.9118  1.8866   160.8    10.1    10.6
2014 10 01    23 07 25.9 -00 28 53   0.9161  1.8873   159.6    10.6    10.6
2014 10 02    23 06 50.8 -00 34 30   0.9205  1.8880   158.5    11.2    10.6
2014 10 03    23 06 17.4 -00 40 00   0.9252  1.8887   157.4    11.7    10.7
2014 10 04    23 05 45.8 -00 45 22   0.9301  1.8894   156.3    12.3    10.7
2014 10 05    23 05 16.0 -00 50 36   0.9351  1.8902   155.2    12.8    10.7
2014 10 06    23 04 48.0 -00 55 41   0.9404  1.8909   154.1    13.4    10.8
2014 10 07    23 04 21.9 -01 00 38   0.9458  1.8917   153.0    13.9    10.8
2014 10 08    23 03 57.7 -01 05 25   0.9515  1.8925   151.9    14.4    10.8
2014 10 09    23 03 35.5 -01 10 02   0.9573  1.8932   150.8    14.9    10.9
2014 10 10    23 03 15.2 -01 14 29   0.9633  1.8940   149.8    15.4    10.9

Blobrana · L

Asteroid (270) Anahita is at Opposition on the 14th March, 2013.

Magnitude: 11.6
Distance to Earth: 1.51 au
Distance to Sun: 2.50 au

Spoiler

Blobrana · L

Asteroid (270) Anahita is at Opposition on the 12th November, 2011.

Magnitude: 10.6

Distance to Earth: 1.075 AU

Distance to Sun: 2.064 AU

Blobrana · L

Asteroid (270) Anahita is a stony S-type Main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on October 8, 1887 in Clinton, New York.
It was named after the Avestan divinity Aredvi Sura Anahita.
Source

Google earth file: Asteroid (270) Anahita.kmz (7kb, kmz)

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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V
2011 09 18 000000 03 33 30.3 +21 48 46   1.292   1.977  118.2  26.6  12.0
2011 09 21 000000 03 34 41.1 +21 52 52   1.268   1.981  120.9  25.8  11.9
2011 09 24 000000 03 35 31.8 +21 55 41   1.246   1.985  123.6  24.9  11.9
2011 09 27 000000 03 36 01.8 +21 57 10   1.224   1.990  126.4  23.9  11.8
2011 09 30 000000 03 36 10.6 +21 57 16   1.203   1.994  129.3  22.9  11.7
2011 10 03 000000 03 35 58.0 +21 55 59   1.183   1.999  132.3  21.7  11.7
2011 10 06 000000 03 35 24.0 +21 53 16   1.164   2.003  135.4  20.5  11.6
2011 10 09 000000 03 34 28.9 +21 49 05   1.147   2.008  138.6  19.2  11.5
2011 10 12 000000 03 33 12.9 +21 43 25   1.131   2.013  141.8  17.8  11.5
2011 10 15 000000 03 31 36.8 +21 36 16   1.117   2.018  145.2  16.4  11.4
2011 10 18 000000 03 29 41.3 +21 27 36   1.104   2.022  148.6  14.9  11.3
2011 10 21 000000 03 27 27.6 +21 17 28   1.093   2.027  152.1  13.3  11.2
2011 10 24 000000 03 24 57.4 +21 05 52   1.084   2.032  155.7  11.6  11.2
2011 10 27 000000 03 22 12.5 +20 52 53   1.076   2.037  159.4   9.9  11.1
2011 10 30 000000 03 19 15.3 +20 38 37   1.071   2.042  163.1   8.1  11.0
2011 11 02 000000 03 16 08.7 +20 23 12   1.068   2.047  166.8   6.3  10.9
2011 11 05 000000 03 12 55.4 +20 06 47   1.067   2.052  170.6   4.5  10.8
2011 11 08 000000 03 09 38.3 +19 49 34   1.069   2.057  174.3   2.8  10.8
2011 11 11 000000 03 06 20.3 +19 31 45   1.073   2.062  177.5   1.2  10.6
2011 11 14 000000 03 03 04.3 +19 13 34   1.079   2.067  177.0   1.4  10.7
2011 11 17 000000 02 59 53.1 +18 55 15   1.087   2.072  173.6   3.1  10.8