(356) Liguria
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Apr 2024	14.1	2.835 AU	3.281 AU	22h53m	-11°01'	55.5°	17.0°
Opposition	18 Sep 2024	11.3	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)                : 0.2417275
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7540102
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.20544
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 354.48704
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 79.40987
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 271.13688
            Epoch                           : 2024 Mar 31

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 73.78989
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 8.06474
            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
2024-04-26 00:00 UT   22 53 41.1   -11 01 28     3.281    2.835   55.5   17.0   245   14.1 
2024-04-26 13:56 UT   22 54 26.0   -10 56 34     3.273    2.834   55.9   17.1   245   14.1 
2024-04-27 00:00 UT   22 54 58.5   -10 53 01     3.268    2.833   56.1   17.2   245   14.1 
2024-04-28 00:00 UT   22 56 15.5   -10 44 35     3.254    2.830   56.7   17.3   245   14.1 
2024-04-29 00:00 UT   22 57 32.3   -10 36 10     3.241    2.828   57.4   17.5   245   14.1 
2024-04-30 00:00 UT   22 58 48.7   -10 27 45     3.227    2.825   58.0   17.6   245   14.1 
2024-05-01 00:00 UT   23 00 04.7   -10 19 22     3.213    2.823   58.6   17.7   245   14.1 
2024-05-02 00:00 UT   23 01 20.4   -10 10 60     3.200    2.821   59.2   17.9   245   14.1 
2024-05-03 00:00 UT   23 02 35.7   -10 02 38     3.186    2.818   59.9   18.0   245   14.1 
2024-05-04 00:00 UT   23 03 50.7   -09 54 18     3.172    2.816   60.5   18.2   245   14.1 
2024-05-05 00:00 UT   23 05 05.3   -09 45 59     3.158    2.813   61.1   18.3   245   14.1 
2024-05-06 00:00 UT   23 06 19.5   -09 37 41     3.144    2.811   61.8   18.4   245   14.1 
2024-05-07 00:00 UT   23 07 33.4   -09 29 24     3.130    2.808   62.4   18.6   245   14.1 
2024-05-08 00:00 UT   23 08 46.8   -09 21 09     3.116    2.806   63.0   18.7   245   14.1 
2024-05-09 00:00 UT   23 09 59.8   -09 12 55     3.101    2.804   63.7   18.8   245   14.1 
2024-05-10 00:00 UT   23 11 12.5   -09 04 42     3.087    2.801   64.3   19.0   245   14.1 
2024-05-11 00:00 UT   23 12 24.7   -08 56 31     3.073    2.799   64.9   19.1   245   14.0 
2024-05-12 00:00 UT   23 13 36.5   -08 48 22     3.058    2.796   65.6   19.2   245   14.0 
2024-05-13 00:00 UT   23 14 47.9   -08 40 14     3.044    2.794   66.2   19.3   245   14.0 
2024-05-14 00:00 UT   23 15 58.9   -08 32 08     3.029    2.791   66.9   19.4   245   14.0 
2024-05-15 00:00 UT   23 17 09.4   -08 24 04     3.014    2.789   67.5   19.6   246   14.0 
2024-05-16 00:00 UT   23 18 19.5   -08 16 02     3.000    2.786   68.1   19.7   246   14.0 
2024-05-17 00:00 UT   23 19 29.2   -08 08 01     2.985    2.784   68.8   19.8   246   14.0 
2024-05-18 00:00 UT   23 20 38.4   -08 00 02     2.970    2.781   69.4   19.9   246   14.0 
2024-05-19 00:00 UT   23 21 47.1   -07 52 05     2.956    2.779   70.1   20.0   246   14.0 
2024-05-20 00:00 UT   23 22 55.4   -07 44 10     2.941    2.776   70.7   20.1   246   14.0 
2024-05-21 00:00 UT   23 24 03.2   -07 36 17     2.926    2.774   71.4   20.2   246   14.0 

    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.