(225088) Gonggong |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 30 May 2023 | 21.5 | 89.148 AU | 89.095 AU | 22h30m | -10°43' | 92.7° | 0.7° |
Opposition | 28 Aug 2023 | 21.3 | 89.202 AU | 88.192 AU | 22h28m | -10°54' | 178.7° | 0.0° |
(225088) Gonggong - 2023-05-30
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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 Gonggong are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.4976969
a (Semimajor axis) : 67.3689423
i (Inclination) : 30.61495
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 336.85877
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 207.40253
M (Mean anomaly) : 108.30335
Epoch : 2022 Aug 09
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 0.90260
B (Latitude of perihelion) : -13.55532
P (Orbital period in years) : 552.95
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
2023-05-30 00:00 UT 22 30 37.7 -10 43 21 89.095 89.148 92.7 0.7 248 21.5
2023-05-30 05:00 UT 22 30 37.8 -10 43 21 89.091 89.148 92.9 0.7 248 21.5
2023-05-31 00:00 UT 22 30 37.8 -10 43 20 89.078 89.149 93.6 0.7 248 21.5
2023-06-01 00:00 UT 22 30 37.8 -10 43 20 89.062 89.149 94.6 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-02 00:00 UT 22 30 37.7 -10 43 19 89.046 89.150 95.5 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-03 00:00 UT 22 30 37.7 -10 43 19 89.030 89.151 96.5 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-04 00:00 UT 22 30 37.5 -10 43 19 89.013 89.151 97.5 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-05 00:00 UT 22 30 37.4 -10 43 19 88.997 89.152 98.4 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-06 00:00 UT 22 30 37.1 -10 43 19 88.981 89.152 99.4 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-07 00:00 UT 22 30 36.9 -10 43 20 88.965 89.153 100.3 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-08 00:00 UT 22 30 36.6 -10 43 21 88.949 89.154 101.3 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-09 00:00 UT 22 30 36.3 -10 43 22 88.933 89.154 102.3 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-10 00:00 UT 22 30 35.9 -10 43 23 88.917 89.155 103.2 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-11 00:00 UT 22 30 35.5 -10 43 25 88.901 89.155 104.2 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-12 00:00 UT 22 30 35.0 -10 43 27 88.885 89.156 105.1 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-13 00:00 UT 22 30 34.5 -10 43 29 88.870 89.157 106.1 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-14 00:00 UT 22 30 34.0 -10 43 31 88.854 89.157 107.0 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-15 00:00 UT 22 30 33.4 -10 43 33 88.838 89.158 108.0 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-16 00:00 UT 22 30 32.8 -10 43 36 88.823 89.158 109.0 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-17 00:00 UT 22 30 32.1 -10 43 39 88.807 89.159 109.9 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-18 00:00 UT 22 30 31.4 -10 43 42 88.792 89.160 110.9 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-19 00:00 UT 22 30 30.7 -10 43 46 88.777 89.160 111.8 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-20 00:00 UT 22 30 29.9 -10 43 50 88.762 89.161 112.8 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-21 00:00 UT 22 30 29.1 -10 43 53 88.747 89.161 113.7 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-22 00:00 UT 22 30 28.2 -10 43 58 88.732 89.162 114.7 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-23 00:00 UT 22 30 27.3 -10 44 02 88.717 89.163 115.7 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-24 00:00 UT 22 30 26.4 -10 44 06 88.703 89.163 116.6 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-25 00:00 UT 22 30 25.4 -10 44 11 88.688 89.164 117.6 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-26 00:00 UT 22 30 24.4 -10 44 16 88.674 89.164 118.5 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-27 00:00 UT 22 30 23.3 -10 44 21 88.660 89.165 119.5 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-28 00:00 UT 22 30 22.3 -10 44 27 88.646 89.166 120.5 0.6 249 21.5
2023-06-29 00:00 UT 22 30 21.1 -10 44 32 88.632 89.166 121.4 0.6 249 21.5
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.