(54) Alexandra
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Jul 2025	13.8	3.218 AU	4.231 AU	06h59m	+27°15'	4.5°	1.4°
Opposition	4 Feb 2026	12.3	3.218 AU	2.232 AU	09h10m	+15°35'	179.3°	0.2°

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 Alexandra are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1972818
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7144119
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.81106
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 313.06012
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 345.97112
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 143.00388
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 299.31688
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -2.84406
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.47            
        

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
2025-07-05 00:00 UT   06 59 31.2   +27 15 19     4.231    3.218    4.5    1.4    10   13.8 
2025-07-05 23:28 UT   07 01 01.0   +27 12 02     4.232    3.219    4.5    1.4     3   13.8 
2025-07-06 00:00 UT   07 01 03.0   +27 11 57     4.232    3.219    4.5    1.4     3   13.8 
2025-07-07 00:00 UT   07 02 34.7   +27 08 32     4.232    3.220    4.5    1.4   355   13.8 
2025-07-08 00:00 UT   07 04 06.2   +27 05 05     4.232    3.220    4.7    1.5   348   13.8 
2025-07-09 00:00 UT   07 05 37.6   +27 01 35     4.232    3.221    4.9    1.5   341   13.8 
2025-07-10 00:00 UT   07 07 08.9   +26 58 02     4.232    3.221    5.2    1.6   335   13.8 
2025-07-11 00:00 UT   07 08 40.1   +26 54 27     4.232    3.222    5.5    1.7   330   13.9 
2025-07-12 00:00 UT   07 10 11.1   +26 50 49     4.232    3.222    5.9    1.8   325   13.9 
2025-07-13 00:00 UT   07 11 42.0   +26 47 09     4.231    3.223    6.3    2.0   321   13.9 
2025-07-14 00:00 UT   07 13 12.8   +26 43 26     4.231    3.224    6.7    2.1   317   13.9 
2025-07-15 00:00 UT   07 14 43.4   +26 39 40     4.230    3.224    7.2    2.3   314   13.9 
2025-07-16 00:00 UT   07 16 13.9   +26 35 53     4.229    3.225    7.7    2.4   311   13.9 
2025-07-17 00:00 UT   07 17 44.2   +26 32 02     4.228    3.225    8.2    2.6   309   13.9 
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   07 19 14.3   +26 28 09     4.227    3.226    8.7    2.7   307   13.9 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   07 20 44.3   +26 24 14     4.225    3.226    9.2    2.9   305   13.9 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   07 22 14.2   +26 20 16     4.224    3.227    9.8    3.1   303   13.9 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   07 23 43.8   +26 16 16     4.222    3.227   10.3    3.2   302   14.0 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   07 25 13.3   +26 12 13     4.220    3.228   10.9    3.4   301   14.0 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   07 26 42.6   +26 08 08     4.218    3.228   11.4    3.6   300   14.0 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   07 28 11.8   +26 04 00     4.215    3.229   12.0    3.7   299   14.0 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   07 29 40.7   +25 59 51     4.213    3.229   12.6    3.9   298   14.0 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   07 31 09.4   +25 55 38     4.210    3.230   13.1    4.1   297   14.0 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   07 32 38.0   +25 51 24     4.208    3.230   13.7    4.3   296   14.0 
2025-07-28 00:00 UT   07 34 06.3   +25 47 07     4.205    3.231   14.3    4.5   295   14.0 
2025-07-29 00:00 UT   07 35 34.4   +25 42 48     4.202    3.231   14.9    4.6   295   14.0 

    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.