(356) Liguria
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	25 Feb 2026	11.8	2.578 AU	1.599 AU	11h14m	+07°50'	169.1°	4.2°
Opposition	4 Mar 2026	11.6	2.598 AU	1.607 AU	11h07m	+08°10'	177.4°	1.0°

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)                : 0.2421387
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7547647
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.20589
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 354.44807
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 79.34155
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 40.58452
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 73.68193
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 8.06336
            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.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-02-25 00:00 UT   11 14 50.8   +07 50 17     1.599    2.578  169.1    4.2   279   11.8 
2026-02-25 21:13 UT   11 13 59.7   +07 52 43     1.600    2.581  170.2    3.7   277   11.8 
2026-02-26 00:00 UT   11 13 52.9   +07 53 02     1.600    2.581  170.3    3.7   277   11.8 
2026-02-27 00:00 UT   11 12 54.7   +07 55 46     1.600    2.583  171.5    3.2   275   11.8 
2026-02-28 00:00 UT   11 11 56.0   +07 58 31     1.600    2.586  172.7    2.8   272   11.7 
2026-03-01 00:00 UT   11 10 57.2   +08 01 15     1.601    2.589  173.9    2.3   268   11.7 
2026-03-02 00:00 UT   11 09 58.1   +08 03 58     1.603    2.591  175.0    1.9   263   11.7 
2026-03-03 00:00 UT   11 08 58.9   +08 06 39     1.604    2.594  176.1    1.5   254   11.7 
2026-03-04 00:00 UT   11 07 59.7   +08 09 20     1.606    2.596  177.0    1.1   240   11.6 
2026-03-05 00:00 UT   11 07 00.5   +08 11 58     1.608    2.599  177.6    0.9   217   11.6 
2026-03-06 00:00 UT   11 06 01.3   +08 14 34     1.610    2.602  177.6    0.9   186   11.6 
2026-03-07 00:00 UT   11 05 02.3   +08 17 08     1.613    2.604  177.1    1.1   162   11.7 
2026-03-08 00:00 UT   11 04 03.6   +08 19 39     1.616    2.607  176.2    1.5   147   11.7 
2026-03-09 00:00 UT   11 03 05.1   +08 22 07     1.619    2.609  175.1    1.9   138   11.7 
2026-03-10 00:00 UT   11 02 07.0   +08 24 32     1.622    2.612  174.0    2.3   133   11.8 
2026-03-11 00:00 UT   11 01 09.2   +08 26 53     1.626    2.614  172.9    2.7   129   11.8 
2026-03-12 00:00 UT   11 00 12.0   +08 29 10     1.630    2.617  171.7    3.1   126   11.8 
2026-03-13 00:00 UT   10 59 15.3   +08 31 23     1.634    2.620  170.5    3.6   124   11.9 
2026-03-14 00:00 UT   10 58 19.3   +08 33 31     1.639    2.622  169.3    4.0   122   11.9 
2026-03-15 00:00 UT   10 57 23.9   +08 35 35     1.644    2.625  168.1    4.5   121   11.9 
2026-03-16 00:00 UT   10 56 29.3   +08 37 34     1.649    2.627  166.9    4.9   120   12.0 
2026-03-17 00:00 UT   10 55 35.4   +08 39 28     1.654    2.630  165.7    5.4   119   12.0 
2026-03-18 00:00 UT   10 54 42.5   +08 41 16     1.660    2.633  164.5    5.8   118   12.0 
2026-03-19 00:00 UT   10 53 50.4   +08 42 58     1.666    2.635  163.3    6.2   118   12.1 
2026-03-20 00:00 UT   10 52 59.3   +08 44 35     1.672    2.638  162.1    6.7   117   12.1 
2026-03-21 00:00 UT   10 52 09.3   +08 46 06     1.679    2.640  160.9    7.1   117   12.1 
2026-03-22 00:00 UT   10 51 20.3   +08 47 30     1.685    2.643  159.8    7.5   116   12.2 
2026-03-23 00:00 UT   10 50 32.4   +08 48 49     1.693    2.645  158.6    7.9   116   12.2 
2026-03-24 00:00 UT   10 49 45.7   +08 50 00     1.700    2.648  157.4    8.3   115   12.2 
2026-03-25 00:00 UT   10 49 00.2   +08 51 05     1.707    2.651  156.2    8.7   115   12.2 
2026-03-26 00:00 UT   10 48 16.0   +08 52 03     1.715    2.653  155.1    9.1   115   12.3 
2026-03-27 00:00 UT   10 47 33.1   +08 52 54     1.723    2.656  153.9    9.5   114   12.3 

    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.