(164) Eva
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Feb 2026	14.0	2.410 AU	3.048 AU	18h42m	-25°33'	42.3°	16.0°
Opposition	31 Aug 2026	11.0	1.754 AU	0.931 AU	00h36m	-53°17'	129.3°	26.4°

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 Eva are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3463142
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6326903
            i (Inclination)                 : 24.47471
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 76.78065
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 284.01979
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 284.44450
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 2.12209
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -23.70018
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.27            
        

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.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   18 42 59.0   -25 33 39     3.048    2.410   42.3   16.0   263   14.0 
2026-02-11 05:58 UT   18 43 28.9   -25 34 30     3.044    2.409   42.4   16.0   263   14.0 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   18 44 59.1   -25 37 02     3.035    2.406   42.8   16.2   263   14.0 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   18 46 59.3   -25 40 23     3.022    2.402   43.4   16.4   263   14.0 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   18 48 59.6   -25 43 41     3.009    2.399   44.0   16.6   262   14.0 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   18 51 00.2   -25 46 56     2.996    2.395   44.5   16.8   262   13.9 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   18 53 00.8   -25 50 09     2.983    2.391   45.1   17.0   262   13.9 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   18 55 01.7   -25 53 19     2.970    2.387   45.7   17.2   262   13.9 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   18 57 02.6   -25 56 26     2.957    2.383   46.2   17.4   261   13.9 
2026-02-19 00:00 UT   18 59 03.7   -25 59 31     2.944    2.379   46.8   17.6   261   13.9 
2026-02-20 00:00 UT   19 01 04.9   -26 02 34     2.931    2.375   47.4   17.8   261   13.9 
2026-02-21 00:00 UT   19 03 06.3   -26 05 34     2.917    2.371   47.9   18.0   261   13.9 
2026-02-22 00:00 UT   19 05 07.8   -26 08 32     2.904    2.367   48.5   18.2   260   13.9 
2026-02-23 00:00 UT   19 07 09.4   -26 11 28     2.891    2.363   49.1   18.4   260   13.9 
2026-02-24 00:00 UT   19 09 11.2   -26 14 21     2.877    2.360   49.6   18.6   260   13.9 
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   19 11 13.0   -26 17 12     2.863    2.356   50.2   18.8   260   13.9 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   19 13 15.0   -26 20 02     2.850    2.352   50.7   19.0   260   13.9 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   19 15 17.1   -26 22 49     2.836    2.348   51.3   19.2   259   13.9 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   19 17 19.4   -26 25 34     2.822    2.344   51.9   19.4   259   13.9 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   19 19 21.7   -26 28 17     2.808    2.340   52.4   19.6   259   13.8 

    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.