(471) Papagena |
ephemeris |
date |
magn |
radius |
delta |
ra |
dec |
elong |
phase |
Today | 18 Jul 2025 | 11.1 | 2.284 AU | 2.254 AU | 02h37m | -00°01' | 78.7° | 25.9° |
Opposition | 10 Nov 2025 | 9.1 | 2.231 AU | 1.262 AU | 03h20m | +01°56' | 164.1° | 7.0° |
(471) Papagena - 2025-07-18
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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.
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The orbital elements of Papagena are:
e (Eccentricity) : 0.2290233
a (Semimajor axis) : 2.8885289
i (Inclination) : 15.01908
Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 83.77141
ω (Argument of perihelion) : 315.87747
M (Mean anomaly) : 326.52079
Epoch : 2025 May 05
L (Longitude of perihelion) : 40.64341
B (Latitude of perihelion) : -10.39379
P (Orbital period in years) : 4.91
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
2025-07-18 00:00 UT 02 37 22.4 +00 01 41 2.254 2.284 78.7 25.9 248 11.1
2025-07-18 23:30 UT 02 38 49.9 +00 02 44 2.242 2.283 79.3 25.9 249 11.1
2025-07-19 00:00 UT 02 38 51.8 +00 02 50 2.242 2.283 79.3 25.9 249 11.1
2025-07-20 00:00 UT 02 40 20.7 +00 07 14 2.230 2.282 79.8 26.0 249 11.0
2025-07-21 00:00 UT 02 41 49.0 +00 11 32 2.218 2.280 80.4 26.1 249 11.0
2025-07-22 00:00 UT 02 43 16.7 +00 15 45 2.207 2.279 80.9 26.1 249 11.0
2025-07-23 00:00 UT 02 44 43.9 +00 19 52 2.195 2.278 81.5 26.2 250 11.0
2025-07-24 00:00 UT 02 46 10.5 +00 23 52 2.183 2.277 82.1 26.2 250 11.0
2025-07-25 00:00 UT 02 47 36.4 +00 27 47 2.171 2.276 82.6 26.3 250 11.0
2025-07-26 00:00 UT 02 49 01.8 +00 31 36 2.159 2.275 83.2 26.3 250 11.0
2025-07-27 00:00 UT 02 50 26.5 +00 35 19 2.148 2.274 83.8 26.4 251 11.0
2025-07-28 00:00 UT 02 51 50.5 +00 38 55 2.136 2.273 84.3 26.4 251 11.0
2025-07-29 00:00 UT 02 53 13.9 +00 42 26 2.124 2.272 84.9 26.4 251 10.9
2025-07-30 00:00 UT 02 54 36.6 +00 45 51 2.112 2.270 85.5 26.5 251 10.9
2025-07-31 00:00 UT 02 55 58.6 +00 49 10 2.101 2.269 86.1 26.5 252 10.9
2025-08-01 00:00 UT 02 57 19.9 +00 52 23 2.089 2.268 86.7 26.5 252 10.9
2025-08-02 00:00 UT 02 58 40.5 +00 55 30 2.077 2.267 87.2 26.6 252 10.9
2025-08-03 00:00 UT 03 00 00.4 +00 58 32 2.065 2.266 87.8 26.6 252 10.9
2025-08-04 00:00 UT 03 01 19.5 +01 01 27 2.054 2.265 88.4 26.6 253 10.9
2025-08-05 00:00 UT 03 02 37.8 +01 04 16 2.042 2.264 89.0 26.6 253 10.9
2025-08-06 00:00 UT 03 03 55.3 +01 06 60 2.030 2.263 89.6 26.6 253 10.8
2025-08-07 00:00 UT 03 05 12.1 +01 09 37 2.019 2.262 90.2 26.6 253 10.8
2025-08-08 00:00 UT 03 06 28.0 +01 12 09 2.007 2.262 90.8 26.6 254 10.8
2025-08-09 00:00 UT 03 07 43.1 +01 14 35 1.995 2.261 91.4 26.6 254 10.8
2025-08-10 00:00 UT 03 08 57.3 +01 16 55 1.984 2.260 92.1 26.6 254 10.8
2025-08-11 00:00 UT 03 10 10.7 +01 19 09 1.972 2.259 92.7 26.6 255 10.8
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.