(432) Pythia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Opposition	10 Jan 2026	12.6	2.660 AU	1.682 AU	07h35m	+28°57'	172.7°	2.7°
Today	19 Jan 2026	12.7	2.654 AU	1.685 AU	07h25m	+29°49'	167.5°	4.6°

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)                : 203.26045
            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
2026-01-19 00:00 UT   07 25 57.4   +29 49 03     1.685    2.654  167.5    4.6   136   12.7 
2026-01-19 00:39 UT   07 25 55.5   +29 49 12     1.685    2.654  167.5    4.6   136   12.7 
2026-01-20 00:00 UT   07 24 48.8   +29 54 33     1.686    2.653  166.4    5.0   133   12.8 
2026-01-21 00:00 UT   07 23 40.8   +29 59 55     1.688    2.652  165.4    5.4   130   12.8 
2026-01-22 00:00 UT   07 22 33.3   +30 05 08     1.691    2.651  164.2    5.8   128   12.8 
2026-01-23 00:00 UT   07 21 26.5   +30 10 12     1.693    2.650  163.1    6.2   126   12.8 
2026-01-24 00:00 UT   07 20 20.4   +30 15 07     1.696    2.650  162.0    6.6   124   12.8 
2026-01-25 00:00 UT   07 19 15.2   +30 19 52     1.699    2.649  160.8    7.0   122   12.9 
2026-01-26 00:00 UT   07 18 10.9   +30 24 29     1.702    2.648  159.7    7.4   120   12.9 
2026-01-27 00:00 UT   07 17 07.6   +30 28 56     1.706    2.647  158.5    7.8   119   12.9 
2026-01-28 00:00 UT   07 16 05.4   +30 33 14     1.710    2.646  157.3    8.3   118   12.9 
2026-01-29 00:00 UT   07 15 04.3   +30 37 23     1.714    2.645  156.1    8.7   117   13.0 
2026-01-30 00:00 UT   07 14 04.4   +30 41 22     1.719    2.644  155.0    9.1   115   13.0 
2026-01-31 00:00 UT   07 13 05.8   +30 45 12     1.724    2.644  153.8    9.5   115   13.0 
2026-02-01 00:00 UT   07 12 08.6   +30 48 53     1.729    2.643  152.6    9.9   114   13.0 
2026-02-02 00:00 UT   07 11 12.7   +30 52 25     1.734    2.642  151.4   10.3   113   13.0 
2026-02-03 00:00 UT   07 10 18.2   +30 55 47     1.739    2.641  150.3   10.7   112   13.1 
2026-02-04 00:00 UT   07 09 25.3   +30 59 01     1.745    2.640  149.1   11.1   111   13.1 
2026-02-05 00:00 UT   07 08 33.9   +31 02 06     1.751    2.639  147.9   11.4   111   13.1 
2026-02-06 00:00 UT   07 07 44.1   +31 05 02     1.757    2.638  146.8   11.8   110   13.1 
2026-02-07 00:00 UT   07 06 55.9   +31 07 49     1.764    2.637  145.6   12.2   109   13.1 
2026-02-08 00:00 UT   07 06 09.5   +31 10 28     1.770    2.636  144.5   12.6   109   13.2 
2026-02-09 00:00 UT   07 05 24.8   +31 12 58     1.777    2.635  143.3   12.9   108   13.2 
2026-02-10 00:00 UT   07 04 41.8   +31 15 20     1.784    2.634  142.2   13.3   108   13.2 
2026-02-11 00:00 UT   07 04 00.7   +31 17 34     1.792    2.634  141.1   13.6   107   13.2 
2026-02-12 00:00 UT   07 03 21.4   +31 19 40     1.799    2.633  139.9   14.0   107   13.3 
2026-02-13 00:00 UT   07 02 44.0   +31 21 38     1.807    2.632  138.8   14.3   106   13.3 
2026-02-14 00:00 UT   07 02 08.5   +31 23 28     1.815    2.631  137.7   14.6   106   13.3 
2026-02-15 00:00 UT   07 01 34.9   +31 25 11     1.823    2.630  136.6   15.0   105   13.3 
2026-02-16 00:00 UT   07 01 03.3   +31 26 47     1.831    2.629  135.5   15.3   105   13.3 
2026-02-17 00:00 UT   07 00 33.7   +31 28 15     1.840    2.628  134.4   15.6   105   13.4 
2026-02-18 00:00 UT   07 00 06.0   +31 29 36     1.849    2.627  133.3   15.9   104   13.4 

    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.