(8) Flora
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today2 Dec 202411.32.266 AU2.238 AU11h32m+06°41'78.9°25.3°
Opposition12 Mar 20259.72.419 AU1.432 AU11h45m+11°04'171.2°3.6°
(8) Flora - 2024-12-02
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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 Flora are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1565804
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.2010096
            i (Inclination)                 : 5.89031
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 110.84571
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 285.42970
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 78.15445
            Epoch                           : 2024 Oct 17

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 36.35338
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -5.67730
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.27            
        

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. 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
2024-12-02 00:00 UT   11 32 26.2   +06 41 54     2.238    2.266   78.9   25.3   294   11.3 
2024-12-02 07:19 UT   11 32 49.0   +06 40 18     2.235    2.266   79.2   25.3   294   11.3 
2024-12-03 00:00 UT   11 33 40.9   +06 36 44     2.227    2.268   79.6   25.3   294   11.3 
2024-12-04 00:00 UT   11 34 54.7   +06 31 41     2.216    2.269   80.3   25.4   294   11.3 
2024-12-05 00:00 UT   11 36 07.7   +06 26 44     2.205    2.271   81.0   25.4   294   11.3 
2024-12-06 00:00 UT   11 37 19.8   +06 21 55     2.194    2.273   81.8   25.4   294   11.3 
2024-12-07 00:00 UT   11 38 30.9   +06 17 13     2.183    2.275   82.5   25.4   294   11.3 
2024-12-08 00:00 UT   11 39 41.2   +06 12 38     2.172    2.276   83.2   25.4   294   11.2 
2024-12-09 00:00 UT   11 40 50.5   +06 08 11     2.161    2.278   83.9   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-10 00:00 UT   11 41 58.8   +06 03 51     2.150    2.280   84.6   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-11 00:00 UT   11 43 06.2   +05 59 38     2.139    2.281   85.4   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-12 00:00 UT   11 44 12.7   +05 55 33     2.128    2.283   86.1   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-13 00:00 UT   11 45 18.1   +05 51 37     2.117    2.285   86.8   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-14 00:00 UT   11 46 22.5   +05 47 48     2.106    2.286   87.6   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-15 00:00 UT   11 47 25.9   +05 44 07     2.095    2.288   88.3   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-16 00:00 UT   11 48 28.3   +05 40 34     2.083    2.290   89.1   25.5   294   11.2 
2024-12-17 00:00 UT   11 49 29.7   +05 37 10     2.072    2.292   89.8   25.4   293   11.2 
2024-12-18 00:00 UT   11 50 29.9   +05 33 55     2.061    2.293   90.6   25.4   293   11.1 
2024-12-19 00:00 UT   11 51 29.1   +05 30 48     2.050    2.295   91.4   25.4   293   11.1 
2024-12-20 00:00 UT   11 52 27.2   +05 27 50     2.039    2.297   92.1   25.3   293   11.1 
2024-12-21 00:00 UT   11 53 24.2   +05 25 01     2.027    2.298   92.9   25.3   293   11.1 
2024-12-22 00:00 UT   11 54 20.0   +05 22 21     2.016    2.300   93.7   25.3   293   11.1 
2024-12-23 00:00 UT   11 55 14.6   +05 19 50     2.005    2.302   94.5   25.2   293   11.1 
2024-12-24 00:00 UT   11 56 08.1   +05 17 29     1.994    2.303   95.3   25.2   293   11.1 
2024-12-25 00:00 UT   11 57 00.4   +05 15 17     1.983    2.305   96.1   25.1   293   11.1 
2024-12-26 00:00 UT   11 57 51.4   +05 13 16     1.971    2.306   96.9   25.0   293   11.1 
2024-12-27 00:00 UT   11 58 41.2   +05 11 24     1.960    2.308   97.7   25.0   293   11.0 
2024-12-28 00:00 UT   11 59 29.7   +05 09 42     1.949    2.310   98.5   24.9   293   11.0 
2024-12-29 00:00 UT   12 00 17.0   +05 08 10     1.938    2.311   99.4   24.8   293   11.0 
2024-12-30 00:00 UT   12 01 02.9   +05 06 49     1.927    2.313  100.2   24.7   293   11.0 
2024-12-31 00:00 UT   12 01 47.5   +05 05 38     1.916    2.315  101.0   24.6   293   11.0 
2025-01-01 00:00 UT   12 02 30.8   +05 04 38     1.905    2.316  101.9   24.5   292   11.0 


    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.