(67) Asia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	5 Jul 2025	13.8	2.826 AU	3.836 AU	07h09m	+18°00'	5.8°	2.1°
Opposition	19 Feb 2026	12.2	2.830 AU	1.847 AU	10h00m	+04°25'	172.7°	2.5°

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 Asia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1849582
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4234762
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.02427
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 202.32889
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 107.45544
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 133.35300
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 129.87533
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 5.74590
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.77            
        

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   07 09 59.8   +18 00 32     3.836    2.826    5.8    2.1   146   13.8 
2025-07-05 17:43 UT   07 11 12.2   +17 58 25     3.837    2.827    5.5    2.0   150   13.8 
2025-07-06 00:00 UT   07 11 37.9   +17 57 40     3.837    2.827    5.5    2.0   151   13.8 
2025-07-07 00:00 UT   07 13 15.8   +17 54 43     3.839    2.828    5.2    1.9   156   13.8 
2025-07-08 00:00 UT   07 14 53.6   +17 51 42     3.840    2.828    4.9    1.8   162   13.8 
2025-07-09 00:00 UT   07 16 31.4   +17 48 38     3.841    2.829    4.7    1.7   168   13.8 
2025-07-10 00:00 UT   07 18 09.0   +17 45 29     3.842    2.830    4.5    1.6   175   13.8 
2025-07-11 00:00 UT   07 19 46.6   +17 42 15     3.843    2.831    4.4    1.6   183   13.8 
2025-07-12 00:00 UT   07 21 24.0   +17 38 58     3.844    2.831    4.4    1.6   190   13.8 
2025-07-13 00:00 UT   07 23 01.4   +17 35 37     3.844    2.832    4.5    1.6   197   13.8 
2025-07-14 00:00 UT   07 24 38.6   +17 32 12     3.845    2.833    4.6    1.7   204   13.8 
2025-07-15 00:00 UT   07 26 15.7   +17 28 43     3.845    2.834    4.8    1.7   211   13.8 
2025-07-16 00:00 UT   07 27 52.7   +17 25 10     3.845    2.834    5.0    1.8   217   13.8 
2025-07-17 00:00 UT   07 29 29.6   +17 21 33     3.845    2.835    5.3    1.9   223   13.8 
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   07 31 06.4   +17 17 52     3.845    2.836    5.7    2.0   227   13.8 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   07 32 43.1   +17 14 07     3.845    2.836    6.0    2.2   232   13.8 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   07 34 19.6   +17 10 18     3.844    2.837    6.4    2.3   236   13.8 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   07 35 56.0   +17 06 26     3.844    2.838    6.9    2.4   239   13.8 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   07 37 32.2   +17 02 29     3.843    2.838    7.3    2.6   242   13.8 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   07 39 08.4   +16 58 29     3.842    2.839    7.7    2.8   245   13.9 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   07 40 44.3   +16 54 25     3.841    2.840    8.2    2.9   247   13.9 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   07 42 20.2   +16 50 17     3.840    2.840    8.7    3.1   249   13.9 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   07 43 55.8   +16 46 05     3.839    2.841    9.2    3.3   251   13.9 

    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.