(139) Juewa
ephemeris date magn radius delta ra dec elong phase
Today20 Dec 202513.42.667 AU3.618 AU17h03m-30°27'12.8°4.7°
Opposition19 Jul 202612.43.019 AU2.025 AU20h11m-35°09'165.2°4.9°
(139) Juewa - 2025-12-20
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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 Juewa are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1702488
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7856237
            i (Inclination)                 : 10.87123
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 1.66763
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 167.31766
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 59.93276
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : -10.79428
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 2.37311
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.65            
        

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
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   17 03 26.2   -30 27 35     3.618    2.667   12.8    4.7   239   13.4 
2025-12-20 02:02 UT   17 03 36.4   -30 27 53     3.618    2.667   12.8    4.7   239   13.4 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   17 05 27.0   -30 31 05     3.617    2.669   13.2    4.8   241   13.4 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   17 07 27.9   -30 34 30     3.616    2.671   13.7    5.0   242   13.4 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   17 09 28.6   -30 37 50     3.615    2.672   14.2    5.2   243   13.4 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   17 11 29.3   -30 41 06     3.614    2.674   14.7    5.4   244   13.4 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   17 13 29.9   -30 44 16     3.613    2.676   15.2    5.5   245   13.4 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   17 15 30.4   -30 47 21     3.611    2.678   15.7    5.7   246   13.4 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   17 17 30.8   -30 50 21     3.610    2.680   16.2    5.9   246   13.4 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   17 19 31.1   -30 53 16     3.608    2.681   16.7    6.1   247   13.5 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   17 21 31.3   -30 56 07     3.606    2.683   17.3    6.2   248   13.5 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   17 23 31.4   -30 58 52     3.604    2.685   17.8    6.4   248   13.5 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   17 25 31.3   -31 01 33     3.602    2.687   18.3    6.6   249   13.5 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   17 27 31.1   -31 04 08     3.600    2.688   18.9    6.8   250   13.5 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   17 29 30.8   -31 06 39     3.598    2.690   19.4    7.0   250   13.5 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   17 31 30.3   -31 09 05     3.595    2.692   20.0    7.2   250   13.5 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   17 33 29.7   -31 11 27     3.593    2.694   20.5    7.3   251   13.5 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   17 35 28.9   -31 13 43     3.590    2.696   21.1    7.5   251   13.5 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   17 37 28.0   -31 15 55     3.587    2.697   21.6    7.7   252   13.5 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   17 39 26.9   -31 18 02     3.584    2.699   22.2    7.9   252   13.5 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   17 41 25.6   -31 20 04     3.581    2.701   22.7    8.1   252   13.5 


    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.