(15) Eunomia |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 26 Apr 2024 | 10.2 | 2.185 AU | 3.078 AU | 00h40m | +12°59' | 22.8° | 10.3° |
Opposition | 13 Dec 2024 | 8.2 | 2.276 AU | 1.301 AU | 05h24m | +33°52' | 169.3° | 4.6° |
(15) Eunomia - 2024-04-26
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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 Eunomia are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.1871007
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.6426764
i (Inclination) : 11.75485
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 292.90653
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 98.75998
M (Mean anomaly) : 289.98569
Epoch : 2023 Sep 13
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 211.85115
B (Latitude of perihelion) : 11.61581
P (Orbital period in years) : 4.30
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
2024-04-26 00:00 UT 00 40 48.0 +12 59 22 3.078 2.185 22.8 10.3 266 10.2
2024-04-26 01:14 UT 00 40 54.0 +13 00 05 3.077 2.185 22.8 10.3 266 10.2
2024-04-27 00:00 UT 00 42 45.9 +13 13 16 3.073 2.184 23.2 10.5 266 10.2
2024-04-28 00:00 UT 00 44 44.0 +13 27 09 3.068 2.183 23.6 10.6 265 10.2
2024-04-29 00:00 UT 00 46 42.2 +13 41 00 3.063 2.182 24.0 10.8 265 10.2
2024-04-30 00:00 UT 00 48 40.6 +13 54 50 3.058 2.181 24.5 11.0 265 10.2
2024-05-01 00:00 UT 00 50 39.0 +14 08 39 3.053 2.181 24.9 11.2 265 10.2
2024-05-02 00:00 UT 00 52 37.6 +14 22 26 3.048 2.180 25.3 11.4 264 10.2
2024-05-03 00:00 UT 00 54 36.4 +14 36 12 3.043 2.179 25.7 11.6 264 10.2
2024-05-04 00:00 UT 00 56 35.2 +14 49 56 3.038 2.178 26.1 11.8 264 10.2
2024-05-05 00:00 UT 00 58 34.2 +15 03 38 3.032 2.177 26.5 11.9 264 10.2
2024-05-06 00:00 UT 01 00 33.3 +15 17 18 3.027 2.176 27.0 12.1 264 10.2
2024-05-07 00:00 UT 01 02 32.6 +15 30 56 3.022 2.176 27.4 12.3 263 10.2
2024-05-08 00:00 UT 01 04 31.9 +15 44 33 3.016 2.175 27.8 12.5 263 10.2
2024-05-09 00:00 UT 01 06 31.4 +15 58 07 3.011 2.174 28.2 12.7 263 10.2
2024-05-10 00:00 UT 01 08 31.0 +16 11 39 3.005 2.173 28.6 12.9 263 10.2
2024-05-11 00:00 UT 01 10 30.8 +16 25 09 2.999 2.173 29.1 13.0 263 10.2
2024-05-12 00:00 UT 01 12 30.6 +16 38 36 2.994 2.172 29.5 13.2 262 10.2
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.