(356) Liguria
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Oct 2025	13.3	2.258 AU	2.689 AU	10h05m	+17°12'	54.3°	21.0°
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)                 : 8.20588
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 354.44806
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 79.34156
            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. 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
2025-10-15 00:00 UT   10 05 40.0   +17 12 51     2.689    2.258   54.3   21.0   294   13.3 
2025-10-15 04:29 UT   10 05 59.1   +17 11 05     2.688    2.258   54.4   21.1   294   13.3 
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   10 07 21.9   +17 03 23     2.681    2.260   54.9   21.2   294   13.3 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   10 09 03.2   +16 53 55     2.673    2.262   55.4   21.3   294   13.3 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   10 10 43.8   +16 44 27     2.665    2.264   56.0   21.4   294   13.3 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   10 12 23.8   +16 35 01     2.657    2.266   56.6   21.5   294   13.3 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   10 14 03.0   +16 25 35     2.649    2.268   57.1   21.6   294   13.3 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   10 15 41.6   +16 16 11     2.641    2.270   57.7   21.8   294   13.3 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   10 17 19.4   +16 06 47     2.633    2.273   58.2   21.9   294   13.3 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   10 18 56.6   +15 57 25     2.625    2.275   58.8   22.0   294   13.3 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   10 20 33.1   +15 48 04     2.616    2.277   59.4   22.1   294   13.3 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   10 22 08.8   +15 38 44     2.608    2.279   60.0   22.2   294   13.3 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   10 23 43.8   +15 29 26     2.599    2.281   60.5   22.3   294   13.3 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   10 25 18.2   +15 20 10     2.591    2.283   61.1   22.4   294   13.3 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   10 26 51.7   +15 10 56     2.582    2.285   61.7   22.5   294   13.3 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   10 28 24.6   +15 01 43     2.573    2.287   62.3   22.6   294   13.3 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   10 29 56.7   +14 52 32     2.564    2.290   62.9   22.7   294   13.3 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   10 31 28.1   +14 43 24     2.556    2.292   63.5   22.8   294   13.3 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   10 32 58.7   +14 34 17     2.547    2.294   64.1   22.9   294   13.3 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   10 34 28.6   +14 25 13     2.538    2.296   64.7   23.0   294   13.3 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   10 35 57.7   +14 16 11     2.529    2.298   65.3   23.1   294   13.3 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   10 37 26.0   +14 07 12     2.520    2.301   65.9   23.2   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.