(356) Liguria
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Sep 2025	13.3	2.201 AU	2.890 AU	09h09m	+21°52'	39.0°	16.7°
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
2025-09-15 00:00 UT   09 09 51.9   +21 52 25     2.890    2.201   39.0   16.7   294   13.3 
2025-09-15 03:33 UT   09 10 09.7   +21 51 06     2.889    2.201   39.1   16.7   294   13.3 
2025-09-16 00:00 UT   09 11 52.2   +21 43 30     2.884    2.203   39.5   16.9   294   13.3 
2025-09-17 00:00 UT   09 13 51.9   +21 34 32     2.878    2.204   40.0   17.0   294   13.3 
2025-09-18 00:00 UT   09 15 51.1   +21 25 31     2.872    2.206   40.4   17.2   294   13.3 
2025-09-19 00:00 UT   09 17 49.7   +21 16 28     2.867    2.208   40.9   17.3   294   13.3 
2025-09-20 00:00 UT   09 19 47.7   +21 07 23     2.861    2.210   41.4   17.5   294   13.3 
2025-09-21 00:00 UT   09 21 45.1   +20 58 16     2.855    2.211   41.9   17.6   294   13.3 
2025-09-22 00:00 UT   09 23 42.0   +20 49 06     2.849    2.213   42.4   17.8   294   13.3 
2025-09-23 00:00 UT   09 25 38.2   +20 39 54     2.843    2.215   42.9   18.0   294   13.3 
2025-09-24 00:00 UT   09 27 33.9   +20 30 41     2.836    2.217   43.4   18.1   294   13.3 
2025-09-25 00:00 UT   09 29 28.9   +20 21 26     2.830    2.219   43.9   18.3   294   13.3 
2025-09-26 00:00 UT   09 31 23.4   +20 12 09     2.824    2.221   44.4   18.4   294   13.3 
2025-09-27 00:00 UT   09 33 17.3   +20 02 50     2.817    2.223   44.9   18.6   294   13.3 
2025-09-28 00:00 UT   09 35 10.5   +19 53 31     2.811    2.224   45.4   18.7   294   13.3 
2025-09-29 00:00 UT   09 37 03.2   +19 44 09     2.804    2.226   45.9   18.8   294   13.3 
2025-09-30 00:00 UT   09 38 55.2   +19 34 47     2.798    2.228   46.4   19.0   294   13.3 
2025-10-01 00:00 UT   09 40 46.6   +19 25 23     2.791    2.230   46.9   19.1   294   13.3 
2025-10-02 00:00 UT   09 42 37.4   +19 15 59     2.784    2.232   47.4   19.3   294   13.3 

    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.