(27) Euterpe
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	6 Oct 2022	10.1	2.073 AU	1.230 AU	03h36m	+17°01'	136.5°	19.4°
Opposition	12 Nov 2022	8.8	2.018 AU	1.029 AU	03h12m	+15°37'	177.8°	1.1°

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 Euterpe are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1715289
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3478795
            i (Inclination)                 : 1.58328
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 94.77062
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 356.28132
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 304.40819
            Epoch                           : 2022 Aug 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 91.05336
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -0.10267
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.60            
        

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   03 36 36.7   +17 01 49     1.230    2.073  136.5   19.4   259   10.1 
2022-10-06 17:45 UT   03 36 33.7   +17 01 21     1.223    2.071  137.2   19.1   259   10.1 
2022-10-07 00:00 UT   03 36 32.3   +17 01 11     1.221    2.071  137.5   19.0   259   10.1 
2022-10-08 00:00 UT   03 36 25.7   +17 00 27     1.212    2.069  138.5   18.7   259   10.0 
2022-10-09 00:00 UT   03 36 17.1   +16 59 36     1.204    2.068  139.5   18.3   259   10.0 
2022-10-10 00:00 UT   03 36 06.3   +16 58 39     1.195    2.066  140.5   17.9   259   10.0 
2022-10-11 00:00 UT   03 35 53.3   +16 57 37     1.187    2.065  141.6   17.5   259    9.9 
2022-10-12 00:00 UT   03 35 38.3   +16 56 28     1.179    2.063  142.6   17.1   259    9.9 
2022-10-13 00:00 UT   03 35 21.1   +16 55 12     1.171    2.062  143.7   16.7   260    9.9 
2022-10-14 00:00 UT   03 35 01.8   +16 53 51     1.163    2.060  144.7   16.2   260    9.8 
2022-10-15 00:00 UT   03 34 40.3   +16 52 23     1.156    2.059  145.8   15.8   260    9.8 
2022-10-16 00:00 UT   03 34 16.8   +16 50 50     1.148    2.057  146.9   15.4   260    9.8 
2022-10-17 00:00 UT   03 33 51.2   +16 49 10     1.141    2.055  148.0   14.9   260    9.8 
2022-10-18 00:00 UT   03 33 23.5   +16 47 25     1.134    2.054  149.1   14.4   260    9.7 
2022-10-19 00:00 UT   03 32 53.8   +16 45 33     1.127    2.052  150.2   14.0   260    9.7 
2022-10-20 00:00 UT   03 32 22.0   +16 43 36     1.121    2.051  151.3   13.5   260    9.7 
2022-10-21 00:00 UT   03 31 48.2   +16 41 33     1.114    2.050  152.5   13.0   261    9.6 
2022-10-22 00:00 UT   03 31 12.5   +16 39 24     1.108    2.048  153.6   12.5   261    9.6 
2022-10-23 00:00 UT   03 30 34.9   +16 37 10     1.102    2.047  154.7   12.0   261    9.6 
2022-10-24 00:00 UT   03 29 55.4   +16 34 51     1.096    2.045  155.9   11.5   261    9.5 
2022-10-25 00:00 UT   03 29 14.1   +16 32 26     1.091    2.044  157.0   10.9   261    9.5 
2022-10-26 00:00 UT   03 28 31.0   +16 29 57     1.085    2.042  158.2   10.4   262    9.5 
2022-10-27 00:00 UT   03 27 46.3   +16 27 23     1.080    2.041  159.4    9.9   262    9.4 
2022-10-28 00:00 UT   03 26 59.9   +16 24 44     1.075    2.039  160.6    9.3   262    9.4 
2022-10-29 00:00 UT   03 26 11.9   +16 22 01     1.070    2.038  161.8    8.8   263    9.4 
2022-10-30 00:00 UT   03 25 22.5   +16 19 14     1.066    2.036  162.9    8.2   263    9.3 
2022-10-31 00:00 UT   03 24 31.6   +16 16 23     1.062    2.035  164.1    7.7   264    9.3 
2022-11-01 00:00 UT   03 23 39.5   +16 13 28     1.058    2.034  165.3    7.1   264    9.3 
2022-11-02 00:00 UT   03 22 46.0   +16 10 31     1.054    2.032  166.5    6.5   265    9.2 
2022-11-03 00:00 UT   03 21 51.5   +16 07 30     1.050    2.031  167.8    5.9   266    9.2 
2022-11-04 00:00 UT   03 20 55.8   +16 04 26     1.047    2.030  169.0    5.4   267    9.1 
2022-11-05 00:00 UT   03 19 59.2   +16 01 20     1.044    2.028  170.2    4.8   268    9.1 

    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.