(193) Ambrosia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Mar 2026	13.3	2.668 AU	1.675 AU	12h12m	-06°37'	173.4°	2.5°
Opposition	25 Mar 2026	13.3	2.678 AU	1.684 AU	12h09m	-06°28'	174.9°	1.9°

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 Ambrosia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2984223
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5985614
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.99658
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 349.46615
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 82.52561
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 49.60888
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 71.82682
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 11.89315
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.19            
        

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.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   12 12 43.2   -06 37 40     1.675    2.668  173.4    2.5   340   13.3 
2026-03-22 02:26 UT   12 12 36.7   -06 37 25     1.676    2.668  173.5    2.4   341   13.3 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   12 11 39.2   -06 35 14     1.677    2.671  174.1    2.2   349   13.3 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   12 10 35.4   -06 32 45     1.680    2.674  174.6    2.0     1   13.3 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   12 09 31.8   -06 30 12     1.682    2.677  174.9    1.9    15   13.3 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   12 08 28.5   -06 27 36     1.685    2.680  174.9    1.9    29   13.3 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   12 07 25.5   -06 24 58     1.688    2.683  174.6    2.0    42   13.3 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   12 06 23.0   -06 22 18     1.692    2.686  174.0    2.2    53   13.3 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   12 05 20.9   -06 19 36     1.695    2.689  173.3    2.5    62   13.3 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   12 04 19.4   -06 16 53     1.699    2.692  172.4    2.8    69   13.4 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   12 03 18.4   -06 14 08     1.703    2.695  171.4    3.2    75   13.4 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   12 02 18.1   -06 11 22     1.708    2.698  170.4    3.5    79   13.4 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   12 01 18.5   -06 08 36     1.713    2.701  169.3    3.9    83   13.5 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   12 00 19.7   -06 05 50     1.718    2.704  168.2    4.3    86   13.5 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   11 59 21.7   -06 03 03     1.723    2.707  167.1    4.7    88   13.5 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   11 58 24.6   -06 00 17     1.729    2.710  166.0    5.1    90   13.6 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   11 57 28.4   -05 57 32     1.735    2.713  164.9    5.5    92   13.6 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   11 56 33.2   -05 54 48     1.741    2.716  163.7    5.9    93   13.6 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   11 55 39.0   -05 52 05     1.748    2.719  162.6    6.3    95   13.7 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   11 54 45.9   -05 49 24     1.754    2.722  161.4    6.7    96   13.7 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   11 53 53.9   -05 46 45     1.761    2.725  160.3    7.1    97   13.7 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   11 53 03.0   -05 44 07     1.769    2.728  159.1    7.5    98   13.7 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   11 52 13.4   -05 41 33     1.776    2.731  158.0    7.9    99   13.8 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   11 51 24.9   -05 39 01     1.784    2.734  156.8    8.3    99   13.8 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   11 50 37.8   -05 36 32     1.792    2.737  155.7    8.7   100   13.8 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   11 49 51.9   -05 34 07     1.801    2.740  154.5    9.1   101   13.9 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   11 49 07.4   -05 31 45     1.809    2.743  153.4    9.4   101   13.9 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   11 48 24.2   -05 29 28     1.818    2.746  152.3    9.8   102   13.9 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   11 47 42.5   -05 27 14     1.827    2.749  151.1   10.2   102   13.9 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   11 47 02.1   -05 25 05     1.836    2.752  150.0   10.5   103   14.0 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   11 46 23.2   -05 22 60     1.846    2.755  148.9   10.9   103   14.0 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   11 45 45.8   -05 21 00     1.856    2.758  147.8   11.2   103   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.