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RE: Asteroid (82) Alkmene

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Asteroid (82) Alkmene is at Opposition in the constellation Leo on the 9th February 2017.

Magnitude: 10.6
Distance to Earth: 1.176 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.161 AU

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Asteroid (82) Alkmene will occult the apparent magnitude 7.5 star HIP 99229 in the constellation of Capricornus on 18 September 2014 around 06:41 UT (17 September 23:41 PDT) and will be well placed for Sacramento, CA.
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Asteroid (82) Alkmene is at Opposition on the 5th December

Magnitude: 11.2

Distance to Earth: 1.416 AU

Distance to Sun: 2.400 AU

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Asteroid (82) Alkmene is a main-belt asteroid. Alkmene was discovered by R. Luther on November 27, 1864, and named after Alcmene, the mother of Herakles in Greek mythology. A satellite has been suggested based on the lightcurve data. Read more

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V
2011 10 06 000000 05 07 22.6 +24 48 35   1.954   2.533  114.2  21.1  12.7
2011 10 10 000000 05 09 04.7 +24 56 53   1.900   2.524  117.7  20.5  12.7
2011 10 14 000000 05 10 20.9 +25 04 49   1.847   2.515  121.3  19.8  12.6
2011 10 18 000000 05 11 09.8 +25 12 24   1.797   2.506  125.1  19.0  12.5
2011 10 22 000000 05 11 29.9 +25 19 36   1.748   2.497  129.0  18.1  12.4
2011 10 26 000000 05 11 20.1 +25 26 23   1.701   2.488  133.0  17.0  12.3
2011 10 30 000000 05 10 39.6 +25 32 41   1.657   2.479  137.1  15.8  12.2
2011 11 03 000000 05 09 28.3 +25 38 26   1.616   2.470  141.4  14.5  12.1
2011 11 07 000000 05 07 46.7 +25 43 31   1.578   2.461  145.7  13.1  12.0
2011 11 11 000000 05 05 35.5 +25 47 49   1.544   2.453  150.2  11.6  11.9
2011 11 15 000000 05 02 56.4 +25 51 14   1.513   2.444  154.8   9.9  11.8
2011 11 19 000000 04 59 51.3 +25 53 38   1.485   2.435  159.4   8.2  11.7
2011 11 23 000000 04 56 23.4 +25 54 55   1.462   2.427  164.1   6.4  11.6
2011 11 27 000000 04 52 36.6 +25 54 58   1.443   2.418  168.8   4.5  11.4
2011 12 01 000000 04 48 35.8 +25 53 47   1.428   2.410  173.3   2.7  11.3
2011 12 05 000000 04 44 26.7 +25 51 21   1.417   2.402  176.4   1.5  11.2
2011 12 09 000000 04 40 14.8 +25 47 45   1.411   2.393  174.4   2.3  11.3
2011 12 13 000000 04 36 06.0 +25 43 07   1.409   2.385  170.0   4.1  11.3
2011 12 17 000000 04 32 05.8 +25 37 38   1.412   2.377  165.3   6.0  11.4
2011 12 21 000000 04 28 19.6 +25 31 31   1.419   2.369  160.5   8.0  11.5
2011 12 25 000000 04 24 52.7 +25 25 03   1.430   2.361  155.7   9.9  11.6
2011 12 29 000000 04 21 49.6 +25 18 29   1.445   2.353  150.9  11.7  11.7