(89) Julia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	19 Apr 2025	11.2	2.340 AU	2.309 AU	20h57m	-25°07'	79.3°	24.9°
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
2025-04-19 00:00 UT   20 57 17.3   -25 07 57     2.309    2.340   79.3   24.9   252   11.2 
2025-04-19 04:53 UT   20 57 35.1   -25 06 22     2.306    2.340   79.4   25.0   252   11.2 
2025-04-20 00:00 UT   20 58 44.6   -25 00 09     2.295    2.338   79.9   25.0   252   11.2 
2025-04-21 00:00 UT   21 00 11.1   -24 52 19     2.281    2.336   80.5   25.1   252   11.2 
2025-04-22 00:00 UT   21 01 36.8   -24 44 28     2.268    2.334   81.1   25.2   252   11.1 
2025-04-23 00:00 UT   21 03 01.6   -24 36 35     2.254    2.332   81.8   25.3   252   11.1 
2025-04-24 00:00 UT   21 04 25.6   -24 28 41     2.240    2.331   82.4   25.3   252   11.1 
2025-04-25 00:00 UT   21 05 48.7   -24 20 47     2.226    2.329   83.0   25.4   252   11.1 
2025-04-26 00:00 UT   21 07 10.9   -24 12 51     2.213    2.327   83.6   25.5   252   11.1 
2025-04-27 00:00 UT   21 08 32.3   -24 04 54     2.199    2.325   84.3   25.5   252   11.1 
2025-04-28 00:00 UT   21 09 52.7   -23 56 56     2.185    2.323   84.9   25.6   252   11.1 
2025-04-29 00:00 UT   21 11 12.2   -23 48 57     2.171    2.321   85.5   25.6   252   11.1 
2025-04-30 00:00 UT   21 12 30.8   -23 40 58     2.157    2.319   86.2   25.7   252   11.0 
2025-05-01 00:00 UT   21 13 48.5   -23 32 58     2.144    2.317   86.8   25.7   252   11.0 
2025-05-02 00:00 UT   21 15 05.1   -23 24 57     2.130    2.315   87.5   25.8   252   11.0 
2025-05-03 00:00 UT   21 16 20.9   -23 16 56     2.116    2.313   88.1   25.8   252   11.0 
2025-05-04 00:00 UT   21 17 35.6   -23 08 54     2.102    2.312   88.7   25.9   252   11.0 
2025-05-05 00:00 UT   21 18 49.4   -23 00 51     2.089    2.310   89.4   25.9   252   11.0 
2025-05-06 00:00 UT   21 20 02.2   -22 52 49     2.075    2.308   90.1   25.9   252   11.0 
2025-05-07 00:00 UT   21 21 13.9   -22 44 46     2.061    2.306   90.7   25.9   252   10.9 
2025-05-08 00:00 UT   21 22 24.7   -22 36 43     2.047    2.304   91.4   26.0   252   10.9 
2025-05-09 00:00 UT   21 23 34.4   -22 28 39     2.034    2.302   92.0   26.0   252   10.9 
2025-05-10 00:00 UT   21 24 43.0   -22 20 35     2.020    2.300   92.7   26.0   252   10.9 
2025-05-11 00:00 UT   21 25 50.6   -22 12 32     2.006    2.299   93.4   26.0   252   10.9 
2025-05-12 00:00 UT   21 26 57.2   -22 04 28     1.993    2.297   94.0   26.0   252   10.9 
2025-05-13 00:00 UT   21 28 02.6   -21 56 24     1.979    2.295   94.7   26.0   252   10.8 
2025-05-14 00:00 UT   21 29 07.0   -21 48 21     1.965    2.293   95.4   26.0   252   10.8 
2025-05-15 00:00 UT   21 30 10.2   -21 40 18     1.952    2.291   96.1   26.0   252   10.8 

    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.