(270) Anahita
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	10 Mar 2026	12.0	2.514 AU	1.523 AU	11h19m	+00°09'	176.0°	1.6°
Today	11 Mar 2026	12.0	2.514 AU	1.522 AU	11h18m	+00°12'	176.1°	1.5°

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 Anahita are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1507768
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.1983362
            i (Inclination)                 : 2.36736
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 254.28260
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 80.81693
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 166.98488
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 335.09182
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.33700
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.26            
        

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
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   11 18 42.0   +00 12 55     1.522    2.514  176.1    1.5    18   12.0 
2026-03-11 12:14 UT   11 18 11.2   +00 16 13     1.522    2.514  176.1    1.5    27   12.0 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   11 17 41.5   +00 19 24     1.522    2.514  176.0    1.6    36   12.0 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   11 16 41.1   +00 25 56     1.521    2.513  175.5    1.8    52   12.0 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   11 15 40.8   +00 32 30     1.521    2.513  174.8    2.1    65   12.0 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   11 14 40.6   +00 39 05     1.521    2.512  173.9    2.4    74   12.0 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   11 13 40.8   +00 45 41     1.522    2.512  172.9    2.8    80   12.1 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   11 12 41.3   +00 52 18     1.523    2.511  171.8    3.2    85   12.1 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   11 11 42.2   +00 58 55     1.524    2.511  170.6    3.7    89   12.1 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   11 10 43.6   +01 05 31     1.525    2.510  169.5    4.1    92   12.2 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   11 09 45.6   +01 12 06     1.527    2.510  168.3    4.6    94   12.2 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   11 08 48.2   +01 18 40     1.528    2.509  167.1    5.1    96   12.2 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   11 07 51.5   +01 25 11     1.531    2.509  165.9    5.5    97   12.2 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   11 06 55.6   +01 31 40     1.533    2.508  164.7    6.0    99   12.3 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   11 06 00.6   +01 38 07     1.536    2.508  163.5    6.5   100   12.3 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   11 05 06.5   +01 44 29     1.539    2.507  162.3    6.9   101   12.3 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   11 04 13.3   +01 50 48     1.542    2.507  161.1    7.4   102   12.3 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   11 03 21.2   +01 57 03     1.545    2.506  159.9    7.9   102   12.4 
2026-03-28 00:00 UT   11 02 30.1   +02 03 13     1.549    2.505  158.7    8.3   103   12.4 
2026-03-29 00:00 UT   11 01 40.2   +02 09 17     1.553    2.505  157.5    8.8   104   12.4 
2026-03-30 00:00 UT   11 00 51.5   +02 15 17     1.558    2.504  156.3    9.2   104   12.4 
2026-03-31 00:00 UT   11 00 04.0   +02 21 10     1.562    2.504  155.1    9.7   105   12.5 
2026-04-01 00:00 UT   10 59 17.7   +02 26 58     1.567    2.503  153.9   10.1   105   12.5 
2026-04-02 00:00 UT   10 58 32.8   +02 32 39     1.572    2.502  152.7   10.5   105   12.5 
2026-04-03 00:00 UT   10 57 49.2   +02 38 14     1.577    2.502  151.6   11.0   106   12.5 
2026-04-04 00:00 UT   10 57 07.0   +02 43 41     1.583    2.501  150.4   11.4   106   12.6 
2026-04-05 00:00 UT   10 56 26.2   +02 49 02     1.588    2.501  149.2   11.8   106   12.6 
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   10 55 46.9   +02 54 14     1.594    2.500  148.1   12.2   107   12.6 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   10 55 09.0   +02 59 19     1.600    2.499  146.9   12.6   107   12.6 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   10 54 32.7   +03 04 17     1.607    2.499  145.8   13.0   107   12.7 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   10 53 57.9   +03 09 05     1.613    2.498  144.6   13.4   107   12.7 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   10 53 24.7   +03 13 46     1.620    2.497  143.5   13.8   108   12.7 

    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.