(356) Liguria
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Sep 2024	11.4	2.475 AU	1.471 AU	23h49m	-00°53'	175.0°	2.0°
Opposition	18 Sep 2024	11.2	2.466 AU	1.461 AU	23h46m	-01°00'	179.1°	0.4°

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)                : 0.2418260
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7539891
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.20564
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 354.48584
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 79.42284
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 314.26756
            Epoch                           : 2024 Oct 17

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 73.80178
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 8.06528
            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
2024-09-15 00:00 UT   23 49 51.1   +00 53 18     1.471    2.475  175.0    2.0   244   11.4 
2024-09-15 17:42 UT   23 49 09.3   +00 54 48     1.469    2.473  175.9    1.7   243   11.4 
2024-09-16 00:00 UT   23 48 54.4   +00 55 20     1.468    2.472  176.2    1.5   243   11.4 
2024-09-17 00:00 UT   23 47 57.3   +00 57 25     1.465    2.470  177.4    1.1   240   11.3 
2024-09-18 00:00 UT   23 46 59.8   +00 59 30     1.463    2.467  178.6    0.6   231   11.3 
2024-09-19 00:00 UT   23 46 02.2   -01 01 37     1.460    2.465  179.5    0.2   178   11.2 
2024-09-20 00:00 UT   23 45 04.3   -01 03 44     1.458    2.462  178.8    0.5    93   11.3 
2024-09-21 00:00 UT   23 44 06.3   -01 05 52     1.456    2.460  177.7    0.9    81   11.3 
2024-09-22 00:00 UT   23 43 08.3   -01 07 59     1.455    2.457  176.5    1.4    77   11.3 
2024-09-23 00:00 UT   23 42 10.3   -01 10 07     1.453    2.455  175.3    1.9    75   11.4 
2024-09-24 00:00 UT   23 41 12.4   -01 12 14     1.452    2.452  174.1    2.4    74   11.4 
2024-09-25 00:00 UT   23 40 14.6   -01 14 20     1.451    2.450  172.9    2.9    73   11.4 
2024-09-26 00:00 UT   23 39 17.1   -01 16 24     1.451    2.447  171.6    3.4    73   11.5 
2024-09-27 00:00 UT   23 38 19.9   -01 18 27     1.451    2.445  170.4    3.9    72   11.5 
2024-09-28 00:00 UT   23 37 23.1   -01 20 28     1.451    2.442  169.2    4.4    72   11.5 
2024-09-29 00:00 UT   23 36 26.8   -01 22 27     1.451    2.440  168.0    4.9    72   11.5 
2024-09-30 00:00 UT   23 35 31.0   -01 24 24     1.451    2.437  166.8    5.4    72   11.6 
2024-10-01 00:00 UT   23 34 35.8   -01 26 17     1.452    2.435  165.6    5.9    71   11.6 
2024-10-02 00:00 UT   23 33 41.3   -01 28 07     1.453    2.432  164.4    6.4    71   11.6 
2024-10-03 00:00 UT   23 32 47.5   -01 29 53     1.454    2.430  163.2    6.8    71   11.6 
2024-10-04 00:00 UT   23 31 54.6   -01 31 36     1.456    2.427  162.0    7.3    71   11.7 
2024-10-05 00:00 UT   23 31 02.6   -01 33 14     1.458    2.425  160.8    7.8    71   11.7 
2024-10-06 00:00 UT   23 30 11.5   -01 34 47     1.460    2.422  159.6    8.3    71   11.7 
2024-10-07 00:00 UT   23 29 21.4   -01 36 16     1.462    2.420  158.4    8.7    71   11.7 
2024-10-08 00:00 UT   23 28 32.4   -01 37 39     1.465    2.417  157.2    9.2    71   11.7 
2024-10-09 00:00 UT   23 27 44.5   -01 38 57     1.468    2.415  156.0    9.7    71   11.8 
2024-10-10 00:00 UT   23 26 57.8   -01 40 10     1.471    2.412  154.9   10.1    71   11.8 
2024-10-11 00:00 UT   23 26 12.4   -01 41 16     1.474    2.410  153.7   10.6    70   11.8 
2024-10-12 00:00 UT   23 25 28.3   -01 42 16     1.478    2.407  152.5   11.0    70   11.8 
2024-10-13 00:00 UT   23 24 45.5   -01 43 10     1.481    2.405  151.4   11.5    70   11.8 
2024-10-14 00:00 UT   23 24 04.1   -01 43 57     1.485    2.403  150.2   11.9    70   11.9 
2024-10-15 00:00 UT   23 23 24.1   -01 44 38     1.489    2.400  149.1   12.3    70   11.9 

    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.