(192) Nausikaa
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Mar 2025	11.9	2.941 AU	2.108 AU	14h40m	-23°11'	139.8°	12.7°
Opposition	28 Apr 2025	11.2	2.906 AU	1.907 AU	14h11m	-22°17'	171.5°	2.9°

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 Nausikaa are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2453786
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.4031767
            i (Inclination)                 : 6.79567
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 343.08235
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 30.58684
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 220.45739
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 13.49254
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 3.45192
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.73            
        

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
2025-03-26 00:00 UT   14 40 37.8   -23 11 23     2.108    2.941  139.8   12.7   296   11.9 
2025-03-26 10:53 UT   14 40 22.5   -23 11 43     2.104    2.941  140.3   12.5   297   11.9 
2025-03-27 00:00 UT   14 40 03.7   -23 12 05     2.098    2.940  140.9   12.4   297   11.9 
2025-03-28 00:00 UT   14 39 28.2   -23 12 38     2.089    2.940  141.9   12.1   297   11.9 
2025-03-29 00:00 UT   14 38 51.2   -23 13 02     2.079    2.939  143.0   11.8   298   11.8 
2025-03-30 00:00 UT   14 38 12.7   -23 13 19     2.070    2.938  144.1   11.5   298   11.8 
2025-03-31 00:00 UT   14 37 32.8   -23 13 27     2.060    2.937  145.2   11.2   299   11.8 
2025-04-01 00:00 UT   14 36 51.5   -23 13 26     2.051    2.936  146.3   10.9   300   11.8 
2025-04-02 00:00 UT   14 36 08.9   -23 13 17     2.043    2.935  147.4   10.6   300   11.8 
2025-04-03 00:00 UT   14 35 24.9   -23 12 59     2.034    2.934  148.5   10.2   301   11.7 
2025-04-04 00:00 UT   14 34 39.7   -23 12 33     2.026    2.933  149.6    9.9   302   11.7 
2025-04-05 00:00 UT   14 33 53.2   -23 11 58     2.018    2.932  150.7    9.6   302   11.7 
2025-04-06 00:00 UT   14 33 05.4   -23 11 14     2.010    2.931  151.8    9.3   303   11.7 
2025-04-07 00:00 UT   14 32 16.5   -23 10 21     2.003    2.930  152.9    8.9   304   11.6 
2025-04-08 00:00 UT   14 31 26.5   -23 09 20     1.996    2.929  154.0    8.6   305   11.6 
2025-04-09 00:00 UT   14 30 35.3   -23 08 10     1.989    2.928  155.1    8.3   306   11.6 
2025-04-10 00:00 UT   14 29 43.1   -23 06 51     1.982    2.927  156.2    7.9   307   11.6 
2025-04-11 00:00 UT   14 28 49.9   -23 05 23     1.976    2.926  157.3    7.6   308   11.6 
2025-04-12 00:00 UT   14 27 55.7   -23 03 47     1.969    2.925  158.4    7.2   310   11.5 
2025-04-13 00:00 UT   14 27 00.6   -23 02 02     1.963    2.924  159.5    6.9   311   11.5 
2025-04-14 00:00 UT   14 26 04.7   -23 00 09     1.958    2.923  160.6    6.5   313   11.5 
2025-04-15 00:00 UT   14 25 07.9   -22 58 06     1.952    2.922  161.7    6.2   314   11.5 
2025-04-16 00:00 UT   14 24 10.3   -22 55 56     1.947    2.921  162.7    5.9   316   11.4 
2025-04-17 00:00 UT   14 23 12.1   -22 53 37     1.942    2.919  163.7    5.5   319   11.4 
2025-04-18 00:00 UT   14 22 13.2   -22 51 09     1.938    2.918  164.7    5.2   321   11.4 
2025-04-19 00:00 UT   14 21 13.6   -22 48 33     1.933    2.917  165.7    4.9   324   11.4 
2025-04-20 00:00 UT   14 20 13.6   -22 45 49     1.929    2.916  166.7    4.6   327   11.3 
2025-04-21 00:00 UT   14 19 13.0   -22 42 58     1.926    2.915  167.6    4.3   331   11.3 
2025-04-22 00:00 UT   14 18 12.1   -22 39 58     1.922    2.914  168.4    4.0   335   11.3 
2025-04-23 00:00 UT   14 17 10.7   -22 36 51     1.919    2.913  169.2    3.7   340   11.3 
2025-04-24 00:00 UT   14 16 09.1   -22 33 36     1.916    2.912  169.9    3.5   346   11.3 
2025-04-25 00:00 UT   14 15 07.3   -22 30 14     1.914    2.911  170.5    3.3   352   11.3 

    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.