(415) Palatia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	1 Nov 2025	11.6	1.998 AU	1.026 AU	02h50m	-00°31'	163.8°	8.0°
Today	5 Nov 2025	11.6	1.993 AU	1.023 AU	02h48m	-00°43'	163.6°	8.1°

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 Palatia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.3007427
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7905779
            i (Inclination)                 : 8.22130
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 126.30284
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 299.25549
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 350.54382
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 65.81136
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -7.16675
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.66            
        

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.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-11-05 00:00 UT   02 48 05.6   +00 43 25     1.023    1.993  163.6    8.1   353   11.6 
2025-11-05 19:31 UT   02 47 27.5   +00 45 50     1.022    1.992  163.4    8.2   357   11.6 
2025-11-06 00:00 UT   02 47 18.7   +00 46 23     1.022    1.992  163.3    8.2   357   11.6 
2025-11-07 00:00 UT   02 46 31.8   +00 49 05     1.022    1.991  163.0    8.4     1   11.6 
2025-11-08 00:00 UT   02 45 44.8   +00 51 32     1.022    1.989  162.6    8.6     5   11.6 
2025-11-09 00:00 UT   02 44 58.0   +00 53 44     1.022    1.988  162.1    8.8     9   11.6 
2025-11-10 00:00 UT   02 44 11.3   +00 55 39     1.022    1.987  161.6    9.1    12   11.6 
2025-11-11 00:00 UT   02 43 24.9   +00 57 18     1.023    1.986  161.0    9.3    15   11.6 
2025-11-12 00:00 UT   02 42 38.8   +00 58 40     1.024    1.984  160.4    9.6    18   11.6 
2025-11-13 00:00 UT   02 41 53.2   +00 59 45     1.025    1.983  159.7   10.0    21   11.6 
2025-11-14 00:00 UT   02 41 08.1   -01 00 33     1.026    1.982  159.0   10.3    24   11.7 
2025-11-15 00:00 UT   02 40 23.6   -01 01 03     1.028    1.981  158.2   10.7    26   11.7 
2025-11-16 00:00 UT   02 39 39.9   -01 01 15     1.030    1.980  157.4   11.0    29   11.7 
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   02 38 56.9   -01 01 10     1.032    1.979  156.6   11.4    31   11.7 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   02 38 14.8   -01 00 46     1.034    1.978  155.8   11.8    33   11.7 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   02 37 33.7   -01 00 05     1.036    1.977  154.9   12.2    35   11.7 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   02 36 53.7   +00 59 05     1.039    1.975  154.1   12.6    37   11.8 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   02 36 14.7   +00 57 47     1.042    1.974  153.2   13.0    38   11.8 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   02 35 37.0   +00 56 10     1.045    1.973  152.3   13.5    40   11.8 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   02 35 00.5   +00 54 16     1.048    1.972  151.4   13.9    41   11.8 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   02 34 25.4   +00 52 03     1.051    1.971  150.4   14.3    43   11.8 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   02 33 51.7   +00 49 32     1.055    1.971  149.5   14.7    44   11.9 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   02 33 19.5   +00 46 43     1.059    1.970  148.6   15.1    45   11.9 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   02 32 48.7   +00 43 36     1.063    1.969  147.6   15.6    46   11.9 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   02 32 19.6   +00 40 12     1.067    1.968  146.7   16.0    47   11.9 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   02 31 52.1   +00 36 30     1.071    1.967  145.8   16.4    48   12.0 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   02 31 26.2   +00 32 31     1.076    1.966  144.8   16.8    49   12.0 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   02 31 02.1   +00 28 14     1.081    1.965  143.9   17.2    50   12.0 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   02 30 39.7   +00 23 42     1.086    1.965  142.9   17.6    51   12.0 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   02 30 19.2   +00 18 52     1.091    1.964  142.0   18.0    52   12.0 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   02 30 00.4   +00 13 47     1.096    1.963  141.0   18.4    53   12.1 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   02 29 43.4   +00 08 26     1.102    1.962  140.1   18.8    53   12.1 

    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.