(79) Eurynome
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	16 Sep 2025	12.9	2.676 AU	3.679 AU	11h42m	+00°07'	3.3°	1.2°
Opposition	30 Apr 2026	11.6	2.905 AU	1.898 AU	14h33m	-13°17'	178.3°	0.6°

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 Eurynome are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1910968
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4441040
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.61307
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 206.50329
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 201.41444
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 75.70082
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 227.85461
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -1.68271
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.82            
        

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
2025-09-16 00:00 UT   11 42 06.2   +00 07 43     3.679    2.676    3.3    1.2   144   12.9 
2025-09-16 09:15 UT   11 42 42.3   +00 04 05     3.680    2.677    3.1    1.2   146   12.9 
2025-09-17 00:00 UT   11 43 39.7   +00 01 42     3.681    2.678    2.8    1.0   150   12.9 
2025-09-18 00:00 UT   11 45 13.2   +00 11 06     3.683    2.679    2.4    0.9   157   12.9 
2025-09-19 00:00 UT   11 46 46.6   +00 20 31     3.685    2.681    2.0    0.7   168   12.9 
2025-09-20 00:00 UT   11 48 19.9   +00 29 56     3.686    2.683    1.7    0.6   184   12.9 
2025-09-21 00:00 UT   11 49 53.1   +00 39 21     3.688    2.684    1.6    0.6   203   12.9 
2025-09-22 00:00 UT   11 51 26.3   +00 48 46     3.689    2.686    1.7    0.6   222   12.9 
2025-09-23 00:00 UT   11 52 59.3   +00 58 10     3.690    2.688    1.9    0.7   238   12.9 
2025-09-24 00:00 UT   11 54 32.3   -01 07 35     3.691    2.689    2.3    0.9   250   12.9 
2025-09-25 00:00 UT   11 56 05.3   -01 16 59     3.692    2.691    2.7    1.0   258   12.9 
2025-09-26 00:00 UT   11 57 38.1   -01 26 22     3.693    2.692    3.2    1.2   264   12.9 
2025-09-27 00:00 UT   11 59 10.9   -01 35 46     3.694    2.694    3.7    1.4   269   13.0 
2025-09-28 00:00 UT   12 00 43.5   -01 45 08     3.694    2.696    4.2    1.6   272   13.0 
2025-09-29 00:00 UT   12 02 16.1   -01 54 31     3.694    2.697    4.7    1.8   275   13.0 
2025-09-30 00:00 UT   12 03 48.6   -02 03 53     3.695    2.699    5.3    2.0   277   13.0 
2025-10-01 00:00 UT   12 05 21.1   -02 13 14     3.695    2.700    5.8    2.2   278   13.0 
2025-10-02 00:00 UT   12 06 53.4   -02 22 34     3.695    2.702    6.4    2.4   280   13.0 
2025-10-03 00:00 UT   12 08 25.6   -02 31 54     3.694    2.704    6.9    2.6   281   13.1 
2025-10-04 00:00 UT   12 09 57.8   -02 41 14     3.694    2.705    7.5    2.8   282   13.1 
2025-10-05 00:00 UT   12 11 29.8   -02 50 32     3.693    2.707    8.0    3.0   283   13.1 
2025-10-06 00:00 UT   12 13 01.8   -02 59 50     3.693    2.708    8.6    3.2   284   13.1 

    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.