(444) Gyptis
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	18 Sep 2025	10.8	2.293 AU	1.293 AU	23h52m	+05°15'	172.2°	3.4°
Opposition	21 Sep 2025	10.7	2.294 AU	1.293 AU	23h50m	+04°39'	174.6°	2.3°

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 Gyptis are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1735351
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7713332
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.27268
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 195.59264
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 154.78295
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 336.08275
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 170.73063
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 4.35745
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.61            
        

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
2025-09-18 00:00 UT   23 52 42.0   +05 15 42     1.293    2.293  172.2    3.4   201   10.8 
2025-09-18 08:20 UT   23 52 28.1   +05 12 09     1.293    2.293  172.5    3.3   199   10.8 
2025-09-19 00:00 UT   23 52 01.8   +05 05 27     1.293    2.293  173.1    3.0   194   10.7 
2025-09-20 00:00 UT   23 51 21.5   +04 55 07     1.293    2.294  173.8    2.7   186   10.7 
2025-09-21 00:00 UT   23 50 41.3   +04 44 41     1.293    2.294  174.4    2.4   176   10.7 
2025-09-22 00:00 UT   23 50 01.0   +04 34 12     1.293    2.294  174.8    2.3   163   10.7 
2025-09-23 00:00 UT   23 49 20.9   +04 23 38     1.293    2.295  174.9    2.2   150   10.7 
2025-09-24 00:00 UT   23 48 40.9   +04 13 02     1.294    2.295  174.7    2.3   137   10.7 
2025-09-25 00:00 UT   23 48 01.2   +04 02 24     1.295    2.295  174.3    2.5   125   10.7 
2025-09-26 00:00 UT   23 47 21.9   +03 51 45     1.296    2.295  173.6    2.8   115   10.7 
2025-09-27 00:00 UT   23 46 42.9   +03 41 04     1.298    2.296  172.9    3.1   108   10.8 
2025-09-28 00:00 UT   23 46 04.4   +03 30 24     1.299    2.296  172.0    3.5   101   10.8 
2025-09-29 00:00 UT   23 45 26.4   +03 19 44     1.301    2.296  171.0    3.9    96   10.8 
2025-09-30 00:00 UT   23 44 49.1   +03 09 06     1.304    2.297  170.0    4.3    92   10.8 
2025-10-01 00:00 UT   23 44 12.4   +02 58 30     1.306    2.297  169.0    4.8    89   10.9 
2025-10-02 00:00 UT   23 43 36.4   +02 47 57     1.309    2.297  167.9    5.2    87   10.9 
2025-10-03 00:00 UT   23 43 01.1   +02 37 27     1.312    2.298  166.8    5.7    84   10.9 
2025-10-04 00:00 UT   23 42 26.8   +02 27 01     1.315    2.298  165.7    6.2    82   11.0 
2025-10-05 00:00 UT   23 41 53.3   +02 16 39     1.319    2.299  164.6    6.6    81   11.0 
2025-10-06 00:00 UT   23 41 20.7   +02 06 23     1.323    2.299  163.5    7.1    79   11.0 
2025-10-07 00:00 UT   23 40 49.1   +01 56 13     1.327    2.299  162.4    7.6    78   11.0 
2025-10-08 00:00 UT   23 40 18.6   +01 46 09     1.331    2.300  161.2    8.0    77   11.1 
2025-10-09 00:00 UT   23 39 49.1   +01 36 12     1.336    2.300  160.1    8.5    76   11.1 
2025-10-10 00:00 UT   23 39 20.8   +01 26 22     1.340    2.301  159.0    9.0    75   11.1 
2025-10-11 00:00 UT   23 38 53.6   +01 16 40     1.345    2.301  157.9    9.4    75   11.1 
2025-10-12 00:00 UT   23 38 27.6   +01 07 07     1.351    2.302  156.7    9.9    74   11.2 
2025-10-13 00:00 UT   23 38 02.9   +00 57 43     1.356    2.302  155.6   10.3    73   11.2 
2025-10-14 00:00 UT   23 37 39.5   +00 48 28     1.362    2.303  154.5   10.8    73   11.2 
2025-10-15 00:00 UT   23 37 17.3   +00 39 22     1.368    2.303  153.4   11.2    72   11.3 
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   23 36 56.5   +00 30 27     1.374    2.304  152.3   11.6    72   11.3 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   23 36 37.1   +00 21 43     1.380    2.304  151.1   12.0    71   11.3 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   23 36 19.2   +00 13 10     1.387    2.305  150.0   12.5    71   11.3 

    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.