(47) Aglaja
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	18 Jul 2025	14.0	3.222 AU	4.236 AU	07h50m	+24°35'	3.5°	1.1°
Opposition	17 Feb 2026	12.7	3.258 AU	2.272 AU	10h08m	+15°48'	176.0°	1.2°

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)                : 0.1321169
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.8839392
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.96598
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 2.79480
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 316.13767
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 134.07230
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -40.95988
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -3.43882
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.90            
        

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
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   07 50 08.5   +24 35 28     4.236    3.222    3.5    1.1     4   14.0 
2025-07-18 23:02 UT   07 51 35.6   +24 31 32     4.236    3.222    3.6    1.1   355   14.0 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   07 51 39.2   +24 31 22     4.236    3.222    3.6    1.1   355   14.0 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   07 53 09.8   +24 27 13     4.236    3.223    3.8    1.2   346   14.0 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   07 54 40.2   +24 23 01     4.236    3.223    4.1    1.3   339   14.0 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   07 56 10.6   +24 18 47     4.236    3.224    4.5    1.4   332   14.0 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   07 57 40.8   +24 14 30     4.236    3.225    4.9    1.5   327   14.0 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   07 59 10.9   +24 10 11     4.235    3.225    5.3    1.7   322   14.1 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   08 00 40.8   +24 05 50     4.235    3.226    5.8    1.8   319   14.1 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   08 02 10.6   +24 01 26     4.234    3.226    6.3    2.0   315   14.1 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   08 03 40.3   +23 57 00     4.233    3.227    6.8    2.1   313   14.1 
2025-07-28 00:00 UT   08 05 09.8   +23 52 32     4.232    3.227    7.3    2.3   310   14.1 
2025-07-29 00:00 UT   08 06 39.2   +23 48 01     4.231    3.228    7.8    2.5   308   14.1 
2025-07-30 00:00 UT   08 08 08.4   +23 43 29     4.229    3.228    8.4    2.6   306   14.1 
2025-07-31 00:00 UT   08 09 37.4   +23 38 54     4.228    3.229    8.9    2.8   305   14.1 
2025-08-01 00:00 UT   08 11 06.3   +23 34 16     4.226    3.229    9.5    3.0   304   14.1 
2025-08-02 00:00 UT   08 12 35.0   +23 29 37     4.224    3.230   10.1    3.2   302   14.2 
2025-08-03 00:00 UT   08 14 03.5   +23 24 56     4.222    3.230   10.6    3.3   301   14.2 
2025-08-04 00:00 UT   08 15 31.9   +23 20 13     4.220    3.231   11.2    3.5   301   14.2 
2025-08-05 00:00 UT   08 17 00.0   +23 15 27     4.217    3.231   11.8    3.7   300   14.2 
2025-08-06 00:00 UT   08 18 28.0   +23 10 40     4.215    3.232   12.4    3.9   299   14.2 
2025-08-07 00:00 UT   08 19 55.8   +23 05 50     4.212    3.232   13.0    4.0   298   14.2 
2025-08-08 00:00 UT   08 21 23.4   +23 00 59     4.210    3.233   13.6    4.2   298   14.2 
2025-08-09 00:00 UT   08 22 50.9   +22 56 06     4.207    3.233   14.2    4.4   297   14.2 
2025-08-10 00:00 UT   08 24 18.1   +22 51 11     4.203    3.234   14.8    4.6   297   14.2 
2025-08-11 00:00 UT   08 25 45.1   +22 46 14     4.200    3.234   15.4    4.8   296   14.2 

    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.