(387) Aquitania
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	27 Mar 2026	11.4	2.667 AU	1.727 AU	13h05m	+19°48'	155.4°	9.0°
Today	6 Apr 2026	11.4	2.643 AU	1.714 AU	12h58m	+21°11'	152.6°	10.0°

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
2026-04-06 00:00 UT   12 58 05.5   +21 11 28     1.714    2.643  152.6   10.0   180   11.4 
2026-04-06 08:31 UT   12 57 47.9   +21 14 09     1.714    2.642  152.4   10.1   179   11.4 
2026-04-07 00:00 UT   12 57 15.9   +21 18 56     1.714    2.640  152.1   10.2   177   11.4 
2026-04-08 00:00 UT   12 56 26.3   +21 26 08     1.714    2.637  151.5   10.4   175   11.4 
2026-04-09 00:00 UT   12 55 36.7   +21 33 03     1.715    2.635  150.9   10.7   173   11.4 
2026-04-10 00:00 UT   12 54 47.2   +21 39 40     1.715    2.632  150.3   10.9   171   11.4 
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   12 53 57.9   +21 45 60     1.716    2.630  149.6   11.1   169   11.4 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   12 53 08.8   +21 52 02     1.717    2.627  148.9   11.4   167   11.5 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   12 52 19.9   +21 57 46     1.719    2.625  148.2   11.6   165   11.5 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   12 51 31.4   +22 03 11     1.720    2.622  147.5   11.9   163   11.5 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   12 50 43.3   +22 08 18     1.722    2.620  146.8   12.1   161   11.5 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   12 49 55.7   +22 13 06     1.724    2.617  146.0   12.4   160   11.5 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   12 49 08.6   +22 17 34     1.727    2.615  145.2   12.6   158   11.5 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   12 48 22.0   +22 21 44     1.729    2.612  144.4   12.9   157   11.5 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   12 47 36.2   +22 25 34     1.732    2.609  143.6   13.2   155   11.5 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   12 46 51.0   +22 29 05     1.735    2.607  142.8   13.5   154   11.5 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   12 46 06.6   +22 32 16     1.738    2.604  142.0   13.7   152   11.5 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   12 45 23.0   +22 35 08     1.741    2.602  141.2   14.0   151   11.6 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   12 44 40.3   +22 37 40     1.745    2.599  140.3   14.3   150   11.6 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   12 43 58.5   +22 39 53     1.749    2.597  139.5   14.6   149   11.6 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   12 43 17.7   +22 41 47     1.753    2.594  138.6   14.9   148   11.6 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   12 42 37.9   +22 43 22     1.757    2.592  137.8   15.1   146   11.6 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   12 41 59.1   +22 44 37     1.761    2.589  136.9   15.4   145   11.6 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   12 41 21.5   +22 45 34     1.766    2.586  136.0   15.7   144   11.6 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   12 40 44.9   +22 46 11     1.770    2.584  135.2   15.9   143   11.6 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   12 40 09.6   +22 46 31     1.775    2.581  134.3   16.2   142   11.7 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   12 39 35.4   +22 46 31     1.780    2.579  133.4   16.5   141   11.7 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   12 39 02.5   +22 46 13     1.786    2.576  132.6   16.7   140   11.7 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   12 38 30.8   +22 45 38     1.791    2.574  131.7   17.0   140   11.7 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   12 38 00.4   +22 44 44     1.797    2.571  130.8   17.3   139   11.7 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   12 37 31.3   +22 43 32     1.802    2.569  129.9   17.5   138   11.7 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   12 37 03.6   +22 42 03     1.808    2.566  129.1   17.8   137   11.7 

    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.