(521) Brixia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	8 Aug 2025	11.9	2.502 AU	1.505 AU	21h45m	-27°32'	166.2°	5.6°
Opposition	10 Aug 2025	11.9	2.494 AU	1.497 AU	21h43m	-27°53'	166.6°	5.4°

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 Brixia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2784668
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7437985
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.58430
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 89.57980
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 316.23792
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 282.99885
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 46.30867
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -7.29895
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.54            
        

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
2025-08-08 00:00 UT   21 45 41.4   -27 32 24     1.505    2.502  166.2    5.6   323   11.9 
2025-08-08 08:52 UT   21 45 22.3   -27 35 31     1.504    2.501  166.3    5.5   325   11.9 
2025-08-09 00:00 UT   21 44 49.3   -27 40 49     1.502    2.499  166.4    5.5   328   11.9 
2025-08-10 00:00 UT   21 43 56.5   -27 49 07     1.499    2.496  166.5    5.4   333   11.9 
2025-08-11 00:00 UT   21 43 03.1   -27 57 19     1.496    2.493  166.6    5.4   338   11.9 
2025-08-12 00:00 UT   21 42 09.1   -28 05 23     1.493    2.490  166.5    5.5   344   11.9 
2025-08-13 00:00 UT   21 41 14.6   -28 13 20     1.491    2.487  166.3    5.5   349   11.9 
2025-08-14 00:00 UT   21 40 19.6   -28 21 07     1.489    2.484  166.0    5.7   354   11.9 
2025-08-15 00:00 UT   21 39 24.2   -28 28 46     1.487    2.481  165.7    5.8   358   11.9 
2025-08-16 00:00 UT   21 38 28.6   -28 36 16     1.485    2.478  165.2    6.0     3   11.9 
2025-08-17 00:00 UT   21 37 32.7   -28 43 35     1.484    2.475  164.7    6.2     7   11.9 
2025-08-18 00:00 UT   21 36 36.7   -28 50 45     1.483    2.472  164.1    6.4    11   11.9 
2025-08-19 00:00 UT   21 35 40.6   -28 57 43     1.482    2.469  163.4    6.7    15   11.9 
2025-08-20 00:00 UT   21 34 44.5   -29 04 30     1.481    2.466  162.7    7.0    18   11.9 
2025-08-21 00:00 UT   21 33 48.5   -29 11 05     1.481    2.463  162.0    7.3    21   11.9 
2025-08-22 00:00 UT   21 32 52.7   -29 17 28     1.481    2.460  161.2    7.6    24   11.9 
2025-08-23 00:00 UT   21 31 57.2   -29 23 38     1.481    2.457  160.3    8.0    27   11.9 
2025-08-24 00:00 UT   21 31 02.0   -29 29 36     1.481    2.454  159.5    8.3    29   12.0 
2025-08-25 00:00 UT   21 30 07.2   -29 35 20     1.482    2.451  158.6    8.7    31   12.0 
2025-08-26 00:00 UT   21 29 13.0   -29 40 51     1.483    2.448  157.7    9.0    34   12.0 
2025-08-27 00:00 UT   21 28 19.3   -29 46 08     1.484    2.445  156.7    9.4    35   12.0 
2025-08-28 00:00 UT   21 27 26.3   -29 51 11     1.485    2.442  155.8    9.8    37   12.0 
2025-08-29 00:00 UT   21 26 34.1   -29 56 00     1.487    2.439  154.8   10.2    39   12.0 
2025-08-30 00:00 UT   21 25 42.7   -30 00 35     1.489    2.436  153.8   10.5    40   12.0 
2025-08-31 00:00 UT   21 24 52.1   -30 04 55     1.491    2.433  152.8   10.9    42   12.1 
2025-09-01 00:00 UT   21 24 02.6   -30 09 00     1.493    2.430  151.8   11.3    43   12.1 
2025-09-02 00:00 UT   21 23 14.0   -30 12 51     1.495    2.427  150.8   11.7    45   12.1 
2025-09-03 00:00 UT   21 22 26.6   -30 16 27     1.498    2.424  149.8   12.1    46   12.1 
2025-09-04 00:00 UT   21 21 40.3   -30 19 48     1.501    2.421  148.8   12.5    47   12.1 
2025-09-05 00:00 UT   21 20 55.3   -30 22 54     1.504    2.418  147.8   12.8    48   12.1 
2025-09-06 00:00 UT   21 20 11.5   -30 25 45     1.508    2.415  146.8   13.2    49   12.2 
2025-09-07 00:00 UT   21 19 29.1   -30 28 21     1.511    2.412  145.8   13.6    50   12.2 

    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.