(626) Notburga
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	10 Oct 2025	11.6	1.952 AU	1.037 AU	00h30m	+38°38'	147.1°	16.1°
Opposition	15 Oct 2025	11.6	1.952 AU	1.042 AU	00h20m	+39°16'	146.4°	16.4°

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 Notburga are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2416631
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5740790
            i (Inclination)                 : 25.37424
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 341.56352
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 43.65760
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 8.61168
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 22.32985
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 17.20754
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.13            
        

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
2025-10-10 00:00 UT   00 30 03.3   +38 38 27     1.037    1.952  147.1   16.1   166   11.6 
2025-10-10 04:41 UT   00 29 43.4   +38 40 04     1.037    1.952  147.1   16.1   165   11.6 
2025-10-11 00:00 UT   00 28 21.8   +38 46 30     1.037    1.952  147.1   16.1   163   11.6 
2025-10-12 00:00 UT   00 26 40.7   +38 53 60     1.038    1.952  147.0   16.2   161   11.6 
2025-10-13 00:00 UT   00 25 00.2   +39 00 57     1.039    1.952  146.9   16.2   158   11.6 
2025-10-14 00:00 UT   00 23 20.4   +39 07 23     1.040    1.952  146.7   16.3   156   11.6 
2025-10-15 00:00 UT   00 21 41.4   +39 13 16     1.041    1.952  146.6   16.4   153   11.6 
2025-10-16 00:00 UT   00 20 03.6   +39 18 39     1.042    1.952  146.3   16.4   151   11.6 
2025-10-17 00:00 UT   00 18 26.9   +39 23 30     1.044    1.952  146.1   16.6   149   11.6 
2025-10-18 00:00 UT   00 16 51.7   +39 27 51     1.046    1.952  145.8   16.7   146   11.7 
2025-10-19 00:00 UT   00 15 17.9   +39 31 42     1.048    1.952  145.5   16.8   144   11.7 
2025-10-20 00:00 UT   00 13 45.9   +39 35 04     1.050    1.952  145.1   17.0   142   11.7 
2025-10-21 00:00 UT   00 12 15.7   +39 37 58     1.053    1.952  144.8   17.1   139   11.7 
2025-10-22 00:00 UT   00 10 47.5   +39 40 25     1.055    1.952  144.4   17.3   137   11.7 
2025-10-23 00:00 UT   00 09 21.4   +39 42 25     1.058    1.952  143.9   17.5   135   11.7 
2025-10-24 00:00 UT   00 07 57.5   +39 43 59     1.061    1.953  143.5   17.6   133   11.7 
2025-10-25 00:00 UT   00 06 35.9   +39 45 09     1.064    1.953  143.0   17.8   131   11.7 
2025-10-26 00:00 UT   00 05 16.9   +39 45 55     1.068    1.953  142.5   18.0   129   11.7 
2025-10-27 00:00 UT   00 04 00.4   +39 46 19     1.071    1.953  142.0   18.3   127   11.8 
2025-10-28 00:00 UT   00 02 46.6   +39 46 21     1.075    1.953  141.5   18.5   125   11.8 
2025-10-29 00:00 UT   00 01 35.5   +39 46 02     1.079    1.954  140.9   18.7   123   11.8 
2025-10-30 00:00 UT   00 00 27.3   +39 45 24     1.083    1.954  140.4   18.9   122   11.8 
2025-10-31 00:00 UT   23 59 21.9   +39 44 28     1.088    1.954  139.8   19.1   120   11.8 
2025-11-01 00:00 UT   23 58 19.6   +39 43 15     1.092    1.954  139.2   19.4   118   11.8 
2025-11-02 00:00 UT   23 57 20.2   +39 41 45     1.097    1.955  138.6   19.6   116   11.9 
2025-11-03 00:00 UT   23 56 23.9   +39 40 00     1.102    1.955  138.0   19.8   115   11.9 
2025-11-04 00:00 UT   23 55 30.8   +39 38 01     1.107    1.955  137.4   20.1   113   11.9 
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   23 54 40.7   +39 35 49     1.112    1.956  136.7   20.3   112   11.9 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   23 53 53.9   +39 33 24     1.117    1.956  136.1   20.6   110   11.9 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   23 53 10.2   +39 30 48     1.123    1.957  135.5   20.8   109   11.9 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   23 52 29.7   +39 28 02     1.128    1.957  134.8   21.1   107   12.0 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   23 51 52.5   +39 25 07     1.134    1.957  134.2   21.3   106   12.0 

    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.