(356) Liguria
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	12 Jul 2025	12.9	2.113 AU	3.099 AU	06h41m	+28°36'	11.7°	5.6°
Opposition	5 Mar 2026	11.6	2.600 AU	1.608 AU	11h06m	+08°12'	177.7°	0.9°

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 Liguria are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2420772
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7549472
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.20455
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 354.47586
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 79.39860
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 357.42288
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 73.76735
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 8.06357
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.57            
        

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
2025-07-12 00:00 UT   06 41 50.4   +28 36 39     3.099    2.113   11.7    5.6   302   12.9 
2025-07-12 06:44 UT   06 42 32.3   +28 35 57     3.098    2.114   11.8    5.7   302   12.9 
2025-07-13 00:00 UT   06 44 19.5   +28 34 06     3.098    2.114   12.1    5.8   301   12.9 
2025-07-14 00:00 UT   06 46 48.4   +28 31 25     3.097    2.115   12.4    5.9   301   12.9 
2025-07-15 00:00 UT   06 49 17.0   +28 28 35     3.095    2.116   12.8    6.1   300   12.9 
2025-07-16 00:00 UT   06 51 45.3   +28 25 36     3.094    2.117   13.2    6.3   299   12.9 
2025-07-17 00:00 UT   06 54 13.4   +28 22 30     3.093    2.118   13.5    6.4   299   12.9 
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   06 56 41.2   +28 19 15     3.091    2.119   13.9    6.6   299   13.0 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   06 59 08.7   +28 15 52     3.090    2.120   14.3    6.8   298   13.0 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   07 01 36.0   +28 12 21     3.089    2.121   14.7    7.0   298   13.0 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   07 04 02.9   +28 08 41     3.087    2.122   15.0    7.1   297   13.0 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   07 06 29.5   +28 04 54     3.085    2.123   15.4    7.3   297   13.0 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   07 08 55.8   +28 00 59     3.084    2.124   15.8    7.5   297   13.0 
2025-07-24 00:00 UT   07 11 21.8   +27 56 56     3.082    2.125   16.2    7.7   296   13.0 
2025-07-25 00:00 UT   07 13 47.4   +27 52 45     3.080    2.126   16.6    7.8   296   13.0 
2025-07-26 00:00 UT   07 16 12.7   +27 48 27     3.078    2.127   17.0    8.0   296   13.0 
2025-07-27 00:00 UT   07 18 37.6   +27 44 01     3.076    2.129   17.3    8.2   296   13.0 

    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.