(141) Lumen
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Apr 2024	13.1	3.173 AU	2.198 AU	14h02m	-30°35'	162.7°	5.4°
Opposition	28 Apr 2024	13.1	3.171 AU	2.194 AU	13h59m	-30°25'	162.9°	5.3°

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 Lumen are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2133058
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6670219
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.89400
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 318.45657
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 57.82484
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 206.90832
            Epoch                           : 2024 Mar 31

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 15.71832
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 10.04662
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.36            
        

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   14 02 11.0   -30 35 24     2.198    3.173  162.7    5.4    10   13.1 
2024-04-26 01:11 UT   14 02 08.1   -30 35 13     2.198    3.173  162.7    5.4    10   13.1 
2024-04-27 00:00 UT   14 01 12.3   -30 31 40     2.197    3.172  162.8    5.4    14   13.1 
2024-04-28 00:00 UT   14 00 13.7   -30 27 46     2.195    3.171  162.9    5.4    18   13.1 
2024-04-29 00:00 UT   13 59 15.3   -30 23 43     2.194    3.170  162.9    5.4    22   13.1 
2024-04-30 00:00 UT   13 58 17.2   -30 19 31     2.193    3.169  162.8    5.4    27   13.1 
2024-05-01 00:00 UT   13 57 19.4   -30 15 10     2.192    3.169  162.7    5.4    31   13.1 
2024-05-02 00:00 UT   13 56 21.9   -30 10 41     2.192    3.168  162.5    5.5    35   13.1 
2024-05-03 00:00 UT   13 55 24.9   -30 06 03     2.192    3.167  162.2    5.6    38   13.1 
2024-05-04 00:00 UT   13 54 28.3   -30 01 17     2.192    3.166  161.8    5.7    42   13.1 
2024-05-05 00:00 UT   13 53 32.3   -29 56 24     2.193    3.165  161.3    5.9    46   13.1 
2024-05-06 00:00 UT   13 52 36.9   -29 51 23     2.194    3.164  160.8    6.0    49   13.1 
2024-05-07 00:00 UT   13 51 42.1   -29 46 16     2.195    3.163  160.3    6.2    52   13.1 
2024-05-08 00:00 UT   13 50 47.9   -29 41 02     2.196    3.162  159.7    6.4    55   13.1 
2024-05-09 00:00 UT   13 49 54.6   -29 35 41     2.198    3.161  159.0    6.6    58   13.1 
2024-05-10 00:00 UT   13 49 02.0   -29 30 15     2.200    3.160  158.4    6.8    61   13.1 
2024-05-11 00:00 UT   13 48 10.3   -29 24 44     2.202    3.159  157.6    7.0    64   13.1 
2024-05-12 00:00 UT   13 47 19.5   -29 19 08     2.204    3.158  156.9    7.2    66   13.2 
2024-05-13 00:00 UT   13 46 29.7   -29 13 27     2.207    3.157  156.1    7.5    68   13.2 
2024-05-14 00:00 UT   13 45 40.8   -29 07 42     2.210    3.157  155.3    7.7    70   13.2 
2024-05-15 00:00 UT   13 44 52.9   -29 01 54     2.213    3.156  154.4    7.9    72   13.2 
2024-05-16 00:00 UT   13 44 06.1   -28 56 02     2.217    3.155  153.6    8.2    74   13.2 
2024-05-17 00:00 UT   13 43 20.4   -28 50 07     2.221    3.154  152.7    8.5    76   13.2 
2024-05-18 00:00 UT   13 42 35.8   -28 44 09     2.225    3.153  151.8    8.7    78   13.2 
2024-05-19 00:00 UT   13 41 52.4   -28 38 10     2.229    3.152  150.9    9.0    79   13.2 
2024-05-20 00:00 UT   13 41 10.2   -28 32 09     2.233    3.151  150.0    9.2    81   13.3 
2024-05-21 00:00 UT   13 40 29.2   -28 26 06     2.238    3.150  149.1    9.5    82   13.3 
2024-05-22 00:00 UT   13 39 49.4   -28 20 02     2.243    3.149  148.2    9.8    83   13.3 
2024-05-23 00:00 UT   13 39 10.9   -28 13 58     2.248    3.148  147.2   10.0    84   13.3 
2024-05-24 00:00 UT   13 38 33.7   -28 07 53     2.254    3.147  146.3   10.3    86   13.3 
2024-05-25 00:00 UT   13 37 57.8   -28 01 49     2.259    3.146  145.3   10.6    87   13.3 
2024-05-26 00:00 UT   13 37 23.3   -27 55 45     2.265    3.144  144.4   10.8    88   13.4 

    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.