(432) Pythia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	20 Dec 2025	13.1	2.676 AU	1.770 AU	07h57m	+26°22'	151.4°	10.2°
Opposition	10 Jan 2026	12.6	2.660 AU	1.682 AU	07h35m	+28°57'	172.7°	2.7°

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 Pythia are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1446507
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3710330
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.11605
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 88.72507
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 174.06454
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 203.26044
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 82.92091
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.24368
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 3.65            
        

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
2025-12-20 00:00 UT   07 57 09.6   +26 22 40     1.770    2.676  151.4   10.2   271   13.1 
2025-12-20 00:04 UT   07 57 09.4   +26 22 41     1.770    2.676  151.4   10.2   271   13.1 
2025-12-21 00:00 UT   07 56 23.3   +26 29 54     1.764    2.675  152.5    9.8   270   13.1 
2025-12-22 00:00 UT   07 55 35.3   +26 37 10     1.757    2.675  153.7    9.4   269   13.1 
2025-12-23 00:00 UT   07 54 45.8   +26 44 28     1.750    2.674  154.9    9.0   269   13.0 
2025-12-24 00:00 UT   07 53 54.7   +26 51 47     1.744    2.673  156.0    8.6   268   13.0 
2025-12-25 00:00 UT   07 53 02.1   +26 59 08     1.738    2.672  157.2    8.2   266   13.0 
2025-12-26 00:00 UT   07 52 08.0   +27 06 30     1.733    2.672  158.4    7.8   265   13.0 
2025-12-27 00:00 UT   07 51 12.6   +27 13 52     1.727    2.671  159.6    7.4   264   12.9 
2025-12-28 00:00 UT   07 50 15.8   +27 21 14     1.722    2.670  160.7    7.0   262   12.9 
2025-12-29 00:00 UT   07 49 17.7   +27 28 36     1.718    2.670  161.9    6.6   261   12.9 
2025-12-30 00:00 UT   07 48 18.3   +27 35 57     1.713    2.669  163.0    6.2   259   12.9 
2025-12-31 00:00 UT   07 47 17.8   +27 43 16     1.709    2.668  164.1    5.8   257   12.8 
2026-01-01 00:00 UT   07 46 16.1   +27 50 33     1.705    2.668  165.2    5.4   254   12.8 
2026-01-02 00:00 UT   07 45 13.4   +27 57 49     1.701    2.667  166.3    5.0   252   12.8 
2026-01-03 00:00 UT   07 44 09.8   +28 05 01     1.698    2.666  167.4    4.6   248   12.8 
2026-01-04 00:00 UT   07 43 05.1   +28 12 11     1.695    2.665  168.4    4.3   245   12.7 
2026-01-05 00:00 UT   07 41 59.7   +28 19 17     1.692    2.665  169.4    3.9   240   12.7 
2026-01-06 00:00 UT   07 40 53.4   +28 26 19     1.690    2.664  170.3    3.6   235   12.7 
2026-01-07 00:00 UT   07 39 46.5   +28 33 17     1.687    2.663  171.1    3.3   229   12.7 
2026-01-08 00:00 UT   07 38 38.9   +28 40 10     1.685    2.662  171.7    3.0   221   12.6 
2026-01-09 00:00 UT   07 37 30.7   +28 46 58     1.684    2.662  172.3    2.9   213   12.6 
2026-01-10 00:00 UT   07 36 22.1   +28 53 41     1.683    2.661  172.6    2.7   203   12.6 
2026-01-11 00:00 UT   07 35 13.1   +29 00 18     1.682    2.660  172.7    2.7   193   12.6 
2026-01-12 00:00 UT   07 34 03.8   +29 06 49     1.681    2.659  172.6    2.7   183   12.6 
2026-01-13 00:00 UT   07 32 54.2   +29 13 13     1.681    2.659  172.3    2.8   173   12.6 
2026-01-14 00:00 UT   07 31 44.6   +29 19 30     1.680    2.658  171.8    3.0   164   12.6 
2026-01-15 00:00 UT   07 30 34.9   +29 25 40     1.681    2.657  171.1    3.3   157   12.7 
2026-01-16 00:00 UT   07 29 25.2   +29 31 43     1.681    2.656  170.3    3.6   150   12.7 
2026-01-17 00:00 UT   07 28 15.7   +29 37 38     1.682    2.655  169.5    3.9   145   12.7 
2026-01-18 00:00 UT   07 27 06.4   +29 43 24     1.683    2.655  168.5    4.2   140   12.7 
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 25 57.4   +29 49 03     1.685    2.654  167.5    4.6   136   12.7 

    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.