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Asteroid 9 Metis Opposes Sun - 2021 APR 04

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Asteroid 9 Metis currently rises in the early evening at magnitude +9.6. It will appear within Virgo in opposition to the Sun on 2021 APR 04 at magnitude +9.5, and near the bright star Spica in August. Metis is possibly the core of a larger destroyed asteroid. It was discovered in 1848, and has a mean diameter of 190 km.

Photos and descriptions of Metis would be welcome additions to this thread.

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