(47) Aglaja
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Apr 2024	13.4	2.731 AU	3.734 AU	02h00m	+14°05'	3.5°	1.3°
Opposition	8 Dec 2024	12.4	3.022 AU	2.042 AU	05h02m	+29°55'	172.8°	2.3°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Aglaja are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1300317
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.8804756
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.97554
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 3.05146
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 315.31215
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 14.01575
            Epoch                           : 2023 Sep 13

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -41.52824
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.49679
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.89            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2024-04-26 00:00 UT   02 00 04.4   +14 05 56     3.734    2.731    3.5    1.3   279   13.4 
2024-04-26 23:28 UT   02 01 39.6   +14 15 11     3.735    2.732    4.0    1.5   276   13.4 
2024-04-27 00:00 UT   02 01 41.7   +14 15 23     3.735    2.732    4.0    1.5   276   13.4 
2024-04-28 00:00 UT   02 03 19.1   +14 24 48     3.736    2.733    4.5    1.7   273   13.5 
2024-04-29 00:00 UT   02 04 56.6   +14 34 11     3.736    2.734    5.1    1.9   271   13.5 
2024-04-30 00:00 UT   02 06 34.0   +14 43 31     3.736    2.736    5.6    2.0   269   13.5 
2024-05-01 00:00 UT   02 08 11.5   +14 52 48     3.737    2.737    6.1    2.2   268   13.5 
2024-05-02 00:00 UT   02 09 49.0   +15 02 03     3.737    2.738    6.6    2.4   266   13.5 
2024-05-03 00:00 UT   02 11 26.5   +15 11 15     3.737    2.740    7.2    2.6   265   13.5 
2024-05-04 00:00 UT   02 13 04.1   +15 20 24     3.737    2.741    7.7    2.8   264   13.5 
2024-05-05 00:00 UT   02 14 41.6   +15 29 30     3.736    2.742    8.2    3.0   264   13.6 
2024-05-06 00:00 UT   02 16 19.2   +15 38 34     3.736    2.743    8.8    3.2   263   13.6 
2024-05-07 00:00 UT   02 17 56.8   +15 47 35     3.736    2.745    9.3    3.4   262   13.6 
2024-05-08 00:00 UT   02 19 34.4   +15 56 33     3.735    2.746    9.9    3.6   262   13.6 
2024-05-09 00:00 UT   02 21 12.0   +16 05 28     3.734    2.747   10.4    3.8   262   13.6 
2024-05-10 00:00 UT   02 22 49.6   +16 14 20     3.733    2.749   10.9    4.0   261   13.6 
2024-05-11 00:00 UT   02 24 27.2   +16 23 09     3.732    2.750   11.5    4.2   261   13.6 
2024-05-12 00:00 UT   02 26 04.7   +16 31 55     3.731    2.751   12.0    4.4   261   13.6 
2024-05-13 00:00 UT   02 27 42.3   +16 40 38     3.730    2.752   12.6    4.6   260   13.7 
2024-05-14 00:00 UT   02 29 19.9   +16 49 18     3.728    2.754   13.1    4.8   260   13.7 
2024-05-15 00:00 UT   02 30 57.4   +16 57 55     3.727    2.755   13.7    5.0   260   13.7 
2024-05-16 00:00 UT   02 32 34.9   +17 06 29     3.725    2.756   14.2    5.2   260   13.7 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.