(455) Bruchsalia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	6 Oct 2022	11.0	1.917 AU	0.956 AU	01h50m	-11°23'	157.1°	11.7°
Opposition	12 Oct 2022	10.9	1.927 AU	0.961 AU	01h44m	-11°19'	159.4°	10.5°

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 Bruchsalia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2953308
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6560426
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.01539
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 76.08543
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 273.48963
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 0.76727
            Epoch                           : 2022 Aug 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -10.34698
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.99278
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.33            
        

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
2022-10-06 00:00 UT   01 50 18.2   -11 23 13     0.956    1.917  157.1   11.7   315   11.0 
2022-10-06 17:11 UT   01 49 40.5   -11 23 21     0.956    1.918  157.5   11.5   317   11.0 
2022-10-07 00:00 UT   01 49 25.4   -11 23 21     0.956    1.919  157.6   11.4   317   11.0 
2022-10-08 00:00 UT   01 48 31.7   -11 23 14     0.957    1.920  158.0   11.2   320   11.0 
2022-10-09 00:00 UT   01 47 37.1   -11 22 50     0.957    1.922  158.4   11.0   323   11.0 
2022-10-10 00:00 UT   01 46 41.8   -11 22 09     0.958    1.923  158.8   10.8   326   10.9 
2022-10-11 00:00 UT   01 45 45.9   -11 21 11     0.959    1.925  159.1   10.7   330   10.9 
2022-10-12 00:00 UT   01 44 49.4   -11 19 56     0.960    1.926  159.3   10.6   333   10.9 
2022-10-13 00:00 UT   01 43 52.5   -11 18 23     0.962    1.928  159.5   10.5   336   10.9 
2022-10-14 00:00 UT   01 42 55.2   -11 16 33     0.963    1.930  159.6   10.4   340   10.9 
2022-10-15 00:00 UT   01 41 57.7   -11 14 24     0.965    1.931  159.6   10.4   343   11.0 
2022-10-16 00:00 UT   01 41 00.1   -11 11 57     0.967    1.933  159.6   10.4   347   11.0 
2022-10-17 00:00 UT   01 40 02.4   -11 09 12     0.969    1.935  159.5   10.4   350   11.0 
2022-10-18 00:00 UT   01 39 04.7   -11 06 08     0.972    1.936  159.4   10.5   354   11.0 
2022-10-19 00:00 UT   01 38 07.2   -11 02 45     0.974    1.938  159.1   10.5   357   11.0 
2022-10-20 00:00 UT   01 37 10.0   -10 59 04     0.977    1.940  158.9   10.7     0   11.0 
2022-10-21 00:00 UT   01 36 13.2   -10 55 04     0.980    1.942  158.6   10.8     3   11.0 
2022-10-22 00:00 UT   01 35 16.8   -10 50 45     0.984    1.943  158.2   11.0     6   11.0 
2022-10-23 00:00 UT   01 34 20.9   -10 46 07     0.987    1.945  157.7   11.2     9   11.1 
2022-10-24 00:00 UT   01 33 25.8   -10 41 11     0.991    1.947  157.3   11.4    12   11.1 
2022-10-25 00:00 UT   01 32 31.3   -10 35 56     0.995    1.949  156.7   11.6    15   11.1 
2022-10-26 00:00 UT   01 31 37.8   -10 30 23     0.999    1.951  156.2   11.9    18   11.1 
2022-10-27 00:00 UT   01 30 45.1   -10 24 31     1.004    1.952  155.6   12.2    20   11.1 
2022-10-28 00:00 UT   01 29 53.5   -10 18 20     1.008    1.954  154.9   12.4    22   11.2 
2022-10-29 00:00 UT   01 29 03.0   -10 11 52     1.013    1.956  154.3   12.7    25   11.2 
2022-10-30 00:00 UT   01 28 13.7   -10 05 06     1.018    1.958  153.6   13.1    27   11.2 
2022-10-31 00:00 UT   01 27 25.7   -09 58 03     1.023    1.960  152.8   13.4    29   11.2 
2022-11-01 00:00 UT   01 26 39.0   -09 50 43     1.029    1.962  152.1   13.7    31   11.3 
2022-11-02 00:00 UT   01 25 53.7   -09 43 05     1.035    1.964  151.3   14.0    32   11.3 
2022-11-03 00:00 UT   01 25 09.8   -09 35 12     1.041    1.966  150.5   14.4    34   11.3 
2022-11-04 00:00 UT   01 24 27.5   -09 27 02     1.047    1.968  149.8   14.7    36   11.3 
2022-11-05 00:00 UT   01 23 46.7   -09 18 37     1.053    1.970  148.9   15.1    37   11.4 

    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.