Asteroid 8 Flora

Asteroid 8 Flora is currently in the constellation of Cetus. The current Right Ascension of Asteroid 8 Flora is 02h 21m 41s and the Declination is +06° 18’ 06” (topocentric coordinates computed for the selected location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]). The current magnitude of Asteroid 8 Flora is 9.85 (JPL).

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Additional information about Asteroid 8 Flora available on TheSkyLive:

Available Resources

• Position and finder charts (see also Where is Asteroid 8 Flora?)
• Distance from Earth (see also How far is Asteroid 8 Flora from Earth?)
• Rise and set times (see also When does Asteroid 8 Flora rise and set?)
• Brightness (see also How bright is Asteroid 8 Flora?)
• Orbital elements. Detailed information about Asteroid 8 Flora orbital parameters.
• Interactive orbit visualization. 3d visualization showing the orbit of Asteroid 8 Flora with respect to the major Solar System objects.
• Physical data. Detailed information about physical properties of Asteroid 8 Flora, such as mass and geometric properties.
• 15 days ephemerides. Table showing celestial coordinates and magnitude of Asteroid 8 Flora for the past and next 7 days.
• Interactive sky chart. An online planetarium application that shows where to locate Asteroid 8 Flora in the sky from your location.
• Live position tracker. A high precision sky chart that uses real deep sky imagery to help locate Asteroid 8 Flora with your telescope or on your astrophotographies.

Higher precision deep sky finder chart, 60 arcmin wide, showing where Asteroid 8 Flora is right now. Click on the image to see a more detailed fullscreen tracker view.

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Asteroid 8 Flora Distance from Earth

The distance of Asteroid 8 Flora from Earth is currently 216,522,584 kilometers, equivalent to 1.447364 Astronomical Units. Light takes 12 minutes and 2.2416 seconds to travel from Asteroid 8 Flora and arrive to us.

The following chart shows the distance of Asteroid 8 Flora from Earth as a function of time. In the chart the distance data is measured in Astronomical Units and sampled with an interval of 1 day.

The value of the reported distance might be somewhat inaccurate around the times of closest approach for objects passing extremely close to Earth. The value of the distance of 8 Flora from Earth is also available as a real time updated value in the Live Position and Data Tracker.

Closest approach of Asteroid 8 Flora to Earth

Between January 2013 and December 2100 the closest approach of Asteroid 8 Flora to Earth happens on Fri Nov 1 2069 at a distance of 0.87498879 Astronomical Units, or 130,896,460 kilometers:

NOTE: values for the closest approach are computed with a sampling interval of 1 day.

Asteroid 8 Flora brightness

The current visual magnitude of Asteroid 8 Flora is 9.85.

The following chart is the predicted light curve (visual magnitude as a function of time) of Asteroid 8 Flora, according to the most recent ephemerides data. Magnitude data is sampled with a 2 days interval and there might be inaccuracies for objects changing brightness very rapidly during the course of a few days. For comets there could be large discrepancies between the observed and predicted brightness because of their highly dynamic behaviour.

Asteroid 8 Flora rise and set times

Today's Asteroid 8 Flora rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

The rise and set times are defined as the time at which the upper limb of Asteroid 8 Flora touches the horizon, considering the effect of the atmospheric refraction. As the atmospheric conditions cannot be modeled precisely the times reported here should be considered correct with an approximation of few minutes.

Visualization of Asteroid 8 Flora Orbit

This 3d orbit diagram is a feature of our 3D Solar System Simulator and shows the orbit of Asteroid 8 Flora with respect of the Sun and the orbits of the major planets. The position of Asteroid 8 Flora and the planets along their orbits in this diagram accurately represents the current configuration of the objects in the Solar System. This is an experimental feature and it requires a WebGL enabled browser. Please provide us feedback!

Asteroid 8 Flora 15 Days Ephemeris

The following table lists the ephemerides of Asteroid 8 Flora computed for the past and next 7 days, with a 24 hours interval. Click on each row of the table to locate Asteroid 8 Flora in our Online Planetarium at the chosen date.

Date	Right AscensionR.A.	DeclinationDec.	MagnitudeMag	Constellation
2020 Jul 31	02h 11m 11s	+05° 52’ 12”	9.97	Cetus
2020 Aug 01	02h 12m 42s	+05° 56’ 14”	9.96	Cetus
2020 Aug 02	02h 14m 12s	+06° 00’ 10”	9.94	Cetus
2020 Aug 03	02h 15m 41s	+06° 03’ 56”	9.92	Cetus
2020 Aug 04	02h 17m 08s	+06° 07’ 35”	9.90	Cetus
2020 Aug 05	02h 18m 36s	+06° 11’ 04”	9.89	Cetus
2020 Aug 06	02h 20m 03s	+06° 14’ 26”	9.87	Cetus
2020 Aug 07	02h 21m 28s	+06° 17’ 39”	9.85	Cetus
2020 Aug 08	02h 22m 53s	+06° 20’ 44”	9.83	Cetus
2020 Aug 09	02h 24m 16s	+06° 23’ 39”	9.81	Cetus
2020 Aug 10	02h 25m 40s	+06° 26’ 26”	9.80	Cetus
2020 Aug 11	02h 27m 01s	+06° 29’ 06”	9.78	Cetus
2020 Aug 12	02h 28m 22s	+06° 31’ 35”	9.76	Cetus
2020 Aug 13	02h 29m 42s	+06° 33’ 55”	9.74	Cetus