(89) Julia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Mar 2025	11.4	2.387 AU	2.630 AU	20h18m	-28°04'	65.0°	22.3°
Opposition	10 Aug 2025	8.5	2.153 AU	1.141 AU	21h20m	-11°39'	176.1°	1.8°

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 Julia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1838954
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5512714
            i (Inclination)                 : 16.12261
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 311.52003
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 45.17067
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 310.02214
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 355.54140
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 11.35826
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.08            
        

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
2025-03-26 00:00 UT   20 18 41.0   -28 04 40     2.630    2.387   65.0   22.3   253   11.4 
2025-03-26 10:43 UT   20 19 27.6   -28 01 36     2.624    2.386   65.3   22.3   253   11.4 
2025-03-27 00:00 UT   20 20 25.3   -27 57 48     2.617    2.385   65.6   22.4   253   11.4 
2025-03-28 00:00 UT   20 22 08.9   -27 50 54     2.604    2.383   66.2   22.5   253   11.4 
2025-03-29 00:00 UT   20 23 51.9   -27 43 56     2.591    2.381   66.8   22.7   253   11.4 
2025-03-30 00:00 UT   20 25 34.3   -27 36 56     2.578    2.379   67.4   22.8   253   11.4 
2025-03-31 00:00 UT   20 27 16.1   -27 29 52     2.565    2.377   67.9   22.9   253   11.4 
2025-04-01 00:00 UT   20 28 57.2   -27 22 46     2.552    2.375   68.5   23.0   253   11.4 
2025-04-02 00:00 UT   20 30 37.6   -27 15 37     2.538    2.373   69.1   23.2   253   11.4 
2025-04-03 00:00 UT   20 32 17.4   -27 08 25     2.525    2.371   69.7   23.3   253   11.4 
2025-04-04 00:00 UT   20 33 56.5   -27 01 11     2.512    2.369   70.3   23.4   253   11.3 
2025-04-05 00:00 UT   20 35 34.9   -26 53 54     2.498    2.367   70.9   23.5   253   11.3 
2025-04-06 00:00 UT   20 37 12.6   -26 46 34     2.485    2.365   71.5   23.6   253   11.3 
2025-04-07 00:00 UT   20 38 49.6   -26 39 12     2.472    2.363   72.1   23.8   253   11.3 
2025-04-08 00:00 UT   20 40 26.0   -26 31 47     2.458    2.362   72.6   23.9   253   11.3 
2025-04-09 00:00 UT   20 42 01.6   -26 24 20     2.445    2.360   73.2   24.0   252   11.3 
2025-04-10 00:00 UT   20 43 36.5   -26 16 51     2.431    2.358   73.8   24.1   252   11.3 
2025-04-11 00:00 UT   20 45 10.7   -26 09 20     2.418    2.356   74.4   24.2   252   11.3 
2025-04-12 00:00 UT   20 46 44.2   -26 01 46     2.404    2.354   75.0   24.3   252   11.3 
2025-04-13 00:00 UT   20 48 16.9   -25 54 11     2.391    2.352   75.6   24.4   252   11.3 
2025-04-14 00:00 UT   20 49 48.9   -25 46 33     2.377    2.350   76.2   24.5   252   11.2 
2025-04-15 00:00 UT   20 51 20.1   -25 38 53     2.363    2.348   76.8   24.6   252   11.2 
2025-04-16 00:00 UT   20 52 50.6   -25 31 12     2.350    2.346   77.5   24.7   252   11.2 
2025-04-17 00:00 UT   20 54 20.3   -25 23 29     2.336    2.344   78.1   24.8   252   11.2 

    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.