(1021) Flammario
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	22 Aug 2026	11.9	2.274 AU	1.296 AU	23h04m	-25°04'	160.4°	8.6°
Opposition	28 Aug 2026	11.9	2.256 AU	1.275 AU	23h00m	-26°30'	161.5°	8.2°

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 Flammario are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2837410
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7396810
            i (Inclination)                 : 15.85883
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 115.38552
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 286.77025
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 303.70688
            Epoch                           : 2026 Jun 09

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 42.78000
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -15.16774
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.53            
        

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
2026-08-22 00:00 UT   23 04 22.2   -25 04 21     1.296    2.274  160.4    8.6   309   11.9 
2026-08-22 20:37 UT   23 03 50.4   -25 15 58     1.293    2.272  160.7    8.4   312   11.9 
2026-08-23 00:00 UT   23 03 45.2   -25 17 52     1.292    2.272  160.8    8.4   313   11.9 
2026-08-24 00:00 UT   23 03 07.0   -25 31 18     1.288    2.269  161.1    8.3   316   11.9 
2026-08-25 00:00 UT   23 02 27.8   -25 44 38     1.285    2.266  161.3    8.2   320   11.9 
2026-08-26 00:00 UT   23 01 47.6   -25 57 50     1.282    2.263  161.4    8.2   324   11.9 
2026-08-27 00:00 UT   23 01 06.5   -26 10 55     1.279    2.260  161.5    8.2   328   11.9 
2026-08-28 00:00 UT   23 00 24.5   -26 23 50     1.277    2.257  161.5    8.2   331   11.9 
2026-08-29 00:00 UT   22 59 41.7   -26 36 37     1.274    2.255  161.4    8.2   335   11.9 
2026-08-30 00:00 UT   22 58 58.2   -26 49 13     1.272    2.252  161.3    8.3   339   11.9 
2026-08-31 00:00 UT   22 58 14.0   -27 01 37     1.270    2.249  161.1    8.4   343   11.9 
2026-09-01 00:00 UT   22 57 29.2   -27 13 50     1.269    2.246  160.8    8.5   346   11.9 
2026-09-02 00:00 UT   22 56 43.9   -27 25 50     1.267    2.243  160.4    8.7   350   11.9 
2026-09-03 00:00 UT   22 55 58.1   -27 37 36     1.266    2.241  160.0    8.9   353   11.9 
2026-09-04 00:00 UT   22 55 11.9   -27 49 09     1.265    2.238  159.5    9.1   357   11.9 
2026-09-05 00:00 UT   22 54 25.4   -28 00 26     1.264    2.235  159.0    9.3   360   11.9 
2026-09-06 00:00 UT   22 53 38.7   -28 11 27     1.264    2.232  158.4    9.6     3   11.9 
2026-09-07 00:00 UT   22 52 51.9   -28 22 12     1.264    2.230  157.8    9.8     5   11.9 
2026-09-08 00:00 UT   22 52 05.0   -28 32 40     1.264    2.227  157.2   10.1     8   11.9 
2026-09-09 00:00 UT   22 51 18.1   -28 42 50     1.264    2.224  156.5   10.4    11   11.9 
2026-09-10 00:00 UT   22 50 31.3   -28 52 42     1.265    2.222  155.7   10.7    13   11.9 
2026-09-11 00:00 UT   22 49 44.7   -29 02 15     1.265    2.219  155.0   11.1    15   11.9 
2026-09-12 00:00 UT   22 48 58.4   -29 11 29     1.266    2.216  154.2   11.4    18   11.9 
2026-09-13 00:00 UT   22 48 12.5   -29 20 22     1.267    2.213  153.4   11.8    20   12.0 
2026-09-14 00:00 UT   22 47 27.1   -29 28 56     1.269    2.211  152.6   12.1    21   12.0 
2026-09-15 00:00 UT   22 46 42.2   -29 37 08     1.270    2.208  151.7   12.5    23   12.0 
2026-09-16 00:00 UT   22 45 57.9   -29 44 59     1.272    2.205  150.8   12.8    25   12.0 
2026-09-17 00:00 UT   22 45 14.4   -29 52 29     1.274    2.203  150.0   13.2    27   12.0 
2026-09-18 00:00 UT   22 44 31.7   -29 59 37     1.277    2.200  149.1   13.6    28   12.0 
2026-09-19 00:00 UT   22 43 49.8   -30 06 24     1.279    2.197  148.2   13.9    30   12.0 
2026-09-20 00:00 UT   22 43 08.9   -30 12 48     1.282    2.195  147.3   14.3    31   12.1 
2026-09-21 00:00 UT   22 42 29.0   -30 18 50     1.285    2.192  146.4   14.7    32   12.1 

    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.