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RE: Asteroid (42) Isis

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Asteroid (42) Isis is at Opposition in the constellation Cetus on the 20th October 2013.

Magnitude: 9.9
Distance to Earth: 1.145 AU
Distance to Sun center: 2.126 AU

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Asteroid (42) Isis is a large main-belt asteroid, measuring 100.2km in diameter. It was discovered by N.R. Pogson on May 23, 1856, at Oxford. It was Pogson's first asteroid discovery.
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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V  
2012 04 06 000000 13 22 17.7 +04 56 23   1.668   2.654  167.4   4.7  11.2
2012 04 07 000000 13 21 20.7 +05 01 31   1.666   2.652  167.4   4.7  11.2
2012 04 08 000000 13 20 23.4 +05 06 33   1.664   2.650  167.3   4.8  11.2
2012 04 09 000000 13 19 25.8 +05 11 28   1.662   2.648  167.1   4.9  11.2
2012 04 10 000000 13 18 27.9 +05 16 16   1.660   2.646  166.8   5.0  11.2
2012 04 11 000000 13 17 30.0 +05 20 56   1.659   2.643  166.3   5.1  11.2
2012 04 12 000000 13 16 31.9 +05 25 28   1.658   2.641  165.8   5.3  11.2
2012 04 13 000000 13 15 33.8 +05 29 52   1.657   2.639  165.2   5.6  11.2
2012 04 14 000000 13 14 35.7 +05 34 06   1.657   2.637  164.5   5.8  11.2
2012 04 15 000000 13 13 37.7 +05 38 12   1.657   2.635  163.8   6.1  11.2
2012 04 16 000000 13 12 39.9 +05 42 08   1.657   2.633  163.0   6.4  11.2
2012 04 17 000000 13 11 42.4 +05 45 55   1.657   2.631  162.2   6.7  11.2
2012 04 18 000000 13 10 45.1 +05 49 31   1.658   2.629  161.3   7.0  11.2
2012 04 19 000000 13 09 48.2 +05 52 57   1.659   2.626  160.4   7.4  11.3
2012 04 20 000000 13 08 51.7 +05 56 12   1.660   2.624  159.5   7.7  11.3
2012 04 21 000000 13 07 55.8 +05 59 16   1.661   2.622  158.5   8.1  11.3
2012 04 22 000000 13 07 00.4 +06 02 09   1.663   2.620  157.5   8.4  11.3
2012 04 23 000000 13 06 05.6 +06 04 51   1.665   2.618  156.6   8.8  11.3
2012 04 24 000000 13 05 11.5 +06 07 21   1.667   2.616  155.5   9.2  11.3
2012 04 25 000000 13 04 18.1 +06 09 39   1.669   2.614  154.5   9.5  11.4
2012 04 26 000000 13 03 25.6 +06 11 45   1.672   2.611  153.5   9.9  11.4

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Asteroid (42) Isis is at Opposition on the 6th April 2012

Magnitude: 11.2

Distance to Earth: 1.667 AU

Distance to Sun: 2.653 AU

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Asteroid (42) Isis at Opposition on the 8th September, 2009.

Distance to Sun=1.9285 AU
Distance to Earth=0.9437 AU
Magnitude= 9.4
Elongation=162.6°
Phase:    9 °

Position(2000): RA = 23h38m57.16s,   Dec = -21°20'17.8"

Rise        :      22h07m Azimuth:+131°17'
Set         :       5h17m Azimuth:+228°43'

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-- Edited by Blobrana on Monday 7th of September 2009 11:16:12 PM