(387) Aquitania
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	27 Nov 2025	13.3	2.953 AU	3.237 AU	12h16m	+08°39'	64.7°	17.6°
Opposition	27 Mar 2026	11.4	2.667 AU	1.727 AU	13h05m	+19°48'	155.4°	9.0°

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 Aquitania are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2383511
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7366642
            i (Inclination)                 : 18.14877
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 127.99147
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 157.75274
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 262.20386
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 106.75012
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 6.77264
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.53            
        

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
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   12 16 30.3   +08 39 47     3.237    2.953   64.7   17.6   298   13.3 
2025-11-27 01:24 UT   12 16 34.6   +08 39 38     3.236    2.953   64.7   17.6   298   13.3 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   12 17 44.0   +08 37 03     3.222    2.951   65.4   17.7   298   13.3 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   12 18 57.3   +08 34 25     3.207    2.949   66.1   17.8   298   13.3 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   12 20 10.2   +08 31 52     3.192    2.947   66.8   17.9   298   13.3 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   12 21 22.8   +08 29 25     3.177    2.944   67.5   18.0   298   13.3 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   12 22 35.1   +08 27 04     3.161    2.942   68.3   18.1   298   13.3 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   12 23 46.9   +08 24 50     3.146    2.940   69.0   18.2   298   13.3 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   12 24 58.4   +08 22 41     3.131    2.938   69.7   18.3   297   13.3 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   12 26 09.5   +08 20 39     3.115    2.936   70.4   18.4   297   13.2 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   12 27 20.2   +08 18 43     3.100    2.933   71.1   18.5   297   13.2 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   12 28 30.4   +08 16 53     3.085    2.931   71.9   18.6   297   13.2 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   12 29 40.3   +08 15 10     3.069    2.929   72.6   18.7   297   13.2 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   12 30 49.7   +08 13 34     3.053    2.927   73.3   18.8   297   13.2 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   12 31 58.7   +08 12 05     3.038    2.925   74.0   18.9   297   13.2 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   12 33 07.3   +08 10 43     3.022    2.922   74.8   19.0   297   13.2 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   12 34 15.4   +08 09 27     3.006    2.920   75.5   19.1   296   13.2 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   12 35 23.0   +08 08 19     2.991    2.918   76.3   19.1   296   13.2 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   12 36 30.1   +08 07 19     2.975    2.916   77.0   19.2   296   13.2 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   12 37 36.7   +08 06 26     2.959    2.913   77.7   19.3   296   13.1 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   12 38 42.9   +08 05 40     2.943    2.911   78.5   19.3   296   13.1 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   12 39 48.5   +08 05 03     2.927    2.909   79.2   19.4   296   13.1 
2025-12-18 00:00 UT   12 40 53.6   +08 04 33     2.912    2.907   80.0   19.5   296   13.1 
2025-12-19 00:00 UT   12 41 58.1   +08 04 11     2.896    2.904   80.7   19.5   295   13.1 
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   12 43 02.1   +08 03 57     2.880    2.902   81.5   19.6   295   13.1 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   12 44 05.5   +08 03 52     2.864    2.900   82.3   19.6   295   13.1 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   12 45 08.3   +08 03 54     2.848    2.898   83.0   19.7   295   13.1 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   12 46 10.6   +08 04 06     2.832    2.895   83.8   19.7   295   13.1 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   12 47 12.2   +08 04 25     2.816    2.893   84.5   19.8   295   13.0 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   12 48 13.2   +08 04 54     2.800    2.891   85.3   19.8   294   13.0 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   12 49 13.6   +08 05 31     2.784    2.888   86.1   19.9   294   13.0 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   12 50 13.4   +08 06 17     2.768    2.886   86.9   19.9   294   13.0 

    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.