(356) Liguria |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 15 Jan 2025 | 13.1 | 2.202 AU | 2.316 AU | 00h13m | +06°31' | 71.0° | 25.0° |
Opposition | 5 Mar 2026 | 11.6 | 2.599 AU | 1.608 AU | 11h06m | +08°12' | 177.7° | 0.9° |
(356) Liguria - 2025-01-15
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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) : 354.48582
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 79.42285
M (Mean anomaly) : 314.26756
Epoch : 2024 Oct 17
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 73.80177
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
2025-01-15 00:00 UT 00 13 33.4 +06 31 29 2.316 2.202 71.0 25.0 65 13.1
2025-01-15 04:39 UT 00 13 50.4 +06 33 28 2.318 2.202 70.9 25.0 65 13.1
2025-01-16 00:00 UT 00 15 01.2 +06 41 46 2.326 2.201 70.4 24.9 65 13.1
2025-01-17 00:00 UT 00 16 29.7 +06 52 08 2.335 2.199 69.8 24.8 65 13.1
2025-01-18 00:00 UT 00 17 58.9 +07 02 32 2.345 2.197 69.2 24.7 65 13.1
2025-01-19 00:00 UT 00 19 28.8 +07 13 01 2.354 2.196 68.6 24.7 65 13.1
2025-01-20 00:00 UT 00 20 59.5 +07 23 33 2.364 2.194 68.0 24.6 65 13.1
2025-01-21 00:00 UT 00 22 30.9 +07 34 08 2.373 2.192 67.4 24.5 65 13.1
2025-01-22 00:00 UT 00 24 03.0 +07 44 47 2.382 2.190 66.8 24.4 65 13.1
2025-01-23 00:00 UT 00 25 35.8 +07 55 28 2.392 2.189 66.2 24.3 65 13.1
2025-01-24 00:00 UT 00 27 09.3 +08 06 13 2.401 2.187 65.6 24.2 64 13.1
2025-01-25 00:00 UT 00 28 43.5 +08 17 02 2.410 2.185 65.1 24.1 64 13.1
2025-01-26 00:00 UT 00 30 18.4 +08 27 53 2.419 2.184 64.5 24.0 64 13.1
2025-01-27 00:00 UT 00 31 54.0 +08 38 47 2.428 2.182 63.9 23.9 64 13.1
2025-01-28 00:00 UT 00 33 30.2 +08 49 44 2.437 2.181 63.3 23.8 64 13.1
2025-01-29 00:00 UT 00 35 07.1 +09 00 43 2.446 2.179 62.7 23.7 64 13.1
2025-01-30 00:00 UT 00 36 44.6 +09 11 45 2.455 2.177 62.2 23.6 64 13.1
2025-01-31 00:00 UT 00 38 22.8 +09 22 50 2.464 2.176 61.6 23.5 64 13.1
2025-02-01 00:00 UT 00 40 01.6 +09 33 57 2.473 2.174 61.0 23.4 64 13.1
2025-02-02 00:00 UT 00 41 41.1 +09 45 07 2.482 2.173 60.5 23.2 64 13.1
2025-02-03 00:00 UT 00 43 21.1 +09 56 18 2.491 2.171 59.9 23.1 64 13.1
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.