(218) Bianca
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	23 Dec 2025	13.0	2.894 AU	1.959 AU	06h08m	+01°06'	157.7°	7.4°
Today	12 Feb 2026	13.6	2.851 AU	2.230 AU	05h38m	+05°05'	119.7°	17.5°

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 Bianca are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1153056
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6689711
            i (Inclination)                 : 15.19383
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 170.50832
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 62.32596
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 220.28385
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 231.98735
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 13.42096
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.36            
        

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
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   05 38 23.9   +05 05 28     2.230    2.851  119.7   17.5    77   13.6 
2026-02-12 19:53 UT   05 38 22.6   +05 11 18     2.239    2.850  118.9   17.6    77   13.6 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   05 38 22.5   +05 12 31     2.241    2.850  118.8   17.7    77   13.6 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   05 38 22.7   +05 19 36     2.251    2.849  117.8   17.8    78   13.6 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   05 38 24.4   +05 26 41     2.262    2.848  116.9   18.0    78   13.7 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   05 38 27.6   +05 33 48     2.272    2.847  116.0   18.2    79   13.7 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   05 38 32.3   +05 40 55     2.283    2.846  115.1   18.3    79   13.7 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   05 38 38.6   +05 48 02     2.294    2.846  114.2   18.5    80   13.7 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   05 38 46.4   +05 55 10     2.305    2.845  113.3   18.6    80   13.7 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   05 38 55.7   +06 02 18     2.316    2.844  112.4   18.8    80   13.7 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   05 39 06.5   +06 09 25     2.327    2.843  111.5   18.9    81   13.7 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   05 39 18.8   +06 16 33     2.338    2.842  110.6   19.0    81   13.8 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   05 39 32.5   +06 23 39     2.350    2.841  109.7   19.1    82   13.8 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   05 39 47.7   +06 30 45     2.361    2.840  108.9   19.3    82   13.8 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   05 40 04.4   +06 37 51     2.373    2.839  108.0   19.4    82   13.8 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   05 40 22.5   +06 44 55     2.384    2.838  107.1   19.5    83   13.8 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   05 40 42.0   +06 51 58     2.396    2.837  106.3   19.6    83   13.8 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   05 41 02.9   +06 58 59     2.408    2.836  105.4   19.7    83   13.8 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   05 41 25.2   +07 05 59     2.419    2.835  104.5   19.8    84   13.8 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   05 41 48.9   +07 12 58     2.431    2.834  103.7   19.9    84   13.9 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   05 42 13.9   +07 19 55     2.443    2.833  102.8   19.9    84   13.9 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   05 42 40.3   +07 26 49     2.455    2.832  102.0   20.0    85   13.9 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   05 43 08.0   +07 33 42     2.467    2.831  101.2   20.1    85   13.9 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   05 43 37.0   +07 40 33     2.479    2.830  100.3   20.2    85   13.9 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   05 44 07.3   +07 47 22     2.491    2.829   99.5   20.2    86   13.9 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   05 44 38.9   +07 54 08     2.503    2.828   98.7   20.3    86   13.9 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   05 45 11.8   +08 00 52     2.515    2.827   97.8   20.4    86   13.9 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   05 45 45.9   +08 07 34     2.527    2.826   97.0   20.4    87   14.0 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   05 46 21.2   +08 14 13     2.540    2.825   96.2   20.5    87   14.0 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   05 46 57.8   +08 20 49     2.552    2.824   95.4   20.5    87   14.0 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   05 47 35.7   +08 27 22     2.564    2.823   94.6   20.5    87   14.0 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   05 48 14.7   +08 33 53     2.576    2.822   93.8   20.6    88   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.