(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° |
(356) Liguria - 2024-09-15
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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.