(2) Pallas
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	26 Jan 2025	10.4	3.342 AU	4.168 AU	19h17m	+03°35'	29.1°	8.2°
Opposition	7 Aug 2025	9.4	3.404 AU	2.503 AU	20h33m	+14°41'	147.7°	9.2°

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 Pallas are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.2304384
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.7703442
            i (Inclination)                 : 34.92186
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 172.90614
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 310.89226
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 126.06756
            Epoch                           : 2024 Oct 17

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 129.47100
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -25.64193
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.61            
        

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
2025-01-26 00:00 UT   19 17 44.1   +03 35 20     4.168    3.342   29.1    8.2   321   10.4 
2025-01-26 06:40 UT   19 18 06.7   +03 36 07     4.167    3.342   29.2    8.3   321   10.4 
2025-01-27 00:00 UT   19 19 05.5   +03 38 10     4.166    3.343   29.4    8.3   320   10.4 
2025-01-28 00:00 UT   19 20 26.7   +03 41 05     4.163    3.344   29.7    8.4   318   10.4 
2025-01-29 00:00 UT   19 21 47.7   +03 44 05     4.161    3.344   30.0    8.5   317   10.4 
2025-01-30 00:00 UT   19 23 08.4   +03 47 10     4.158    3.345   30.3    8.6   316   10.4 
2025-01-31 00:00 UT   19 24 28.9   +03 50 21     4.156    3.346   30.7    8.6   315   10.4 
2025-02-01 00:00 UT   19 25 49.2   +03 53 36     4.153    3.347   31.0    8.7   313   10.4 
2025-02-02 00:00 UT   19 27 09.2   +03 56 57     4.150    3.348   31.4    8.8   312   10.4 
2025-02-03 00:00 UT   19 28 29.0   +04 00 22     4.147    3.349   31.7    8.9   311   10.4 
2025-02-04 00:00 UT   19 29 48.5   +04 03 53     4.143    3.350   32.1    9.0   310   10.4 
2025-02-05 00:00 UT   19 31 07.7   +04 07 28     4.140    3.350   32.5    9.1   309   10.4 
2025-02-06 00:00 UT   19 32 26.7   +04 11 09     4.136    3.351   32.9    9.2   308   10.4 
2025-02-07 00:00 UT   19 33 45.4   +04 14 54     4.133    3.352   33.3    9.3   307   10.4 
2025-02-08 00:00 UT   19 35 03.8   +04 18 43     4.129    3.353   33.7    9.4   306   10.4 
2025-02-09 00:00 UT   19 36 21.9   +04 22 38     4.125    3.354   34.1    9.5   305   10.4 
2025-02-10 00:00 UT   19 37 39.7   +04 26 37     4.121    3.354   34.5    9.6   304   10.4 
2025-02-11 00:00 UT   19 38 57.2   +04 30 41     4.116    3.355   34.9    9.7   303   10.4 
2025-02-12 00:00 UT   19 40 14.5   +04 34 49     4.112    3.356   35.4    9.8   302   10.4 
2025-02-13 00:00 UT   19 41 31.4   +04 39 02     4.107    3.357   35.8    9.9   301   10.5 
2025-02-14 00:00 UT   19 42 48.0   +04 43 19     4.103    3.358   36.2   10.0   300   10.5 
2025-02-15 00:00 UT   19 44 04.3   +04 47 41     4.098    3.358   36.7   10.1   299   10.5 
2025-02-16 00:00 UT   19 45 20.3   +04 52 07     4.093    3.359   37.2   10.2   298   10.5 
2025-02-17 00:00 UT   19 46 36.0   +04 56 37     4.088    3.360   37.6   10.3   297   10.5 
2025-02-18 00:00 UT   19 47 51.3   +05 01 12     4.083    3.361   38.1   10.5   296   10.5 
2025-02-19 00:00 UT   19 49 06.3   +05 05 51     4.077    3.361   38.6   10.6   295   10.5 
2025-02-20 00:00 UT   19 50 21.0   +05 10 34     4.072    3.362   39.0   10.7   295   10.5 

    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.