(432) Pythia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	2 Jul 2025	14.6	2.705 AU	3.631 AU	05h14m	+20°20'	20.8°	7.7°
Opposition	10 Jan 2026	12.6	2.660 AU	1.681 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)                : 0.1452595
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.3697538
            i (Inclination)                 : 12.11874
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 88.72468
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 173.89543
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 149.46728
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 82.75516
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 1.27927
            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. 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
2025-07-02 00:00 UT   05 14 41.9   +20 20 58     3.631    2.705   20.8    7.7   258   14.6 
2025-07-02 02:32 UT   05 14 52.6   +20 21 20     3.631    2.705   20.9    7.7   259   14.6 
2025-07-03 00:00 UT   05 16 22.7   +20 24 25     3.627    2.705   21.4    7.9   259   14.6 
2025-07-04 00:00 UT   05 18 03.5   +20 27 48     3.622    2.706   21.9    8.1   259   14.6 
2025-07-05 00:00 UT   05 19 44.1   +20 31 06     3.618    2.706   22.5    8.3   260   14.6 
2025-07-06 00:00 UT   05 21 24.7   +20 34 21     3.613    2.706   23.0    8.4   260   14.6 
2025-07-07 00:00 UT   05 23 05.2   +20 37 31     3.608    2.707   23.6    8.6   261   14.6 
2025-07-08 00:00 UT   05 24 45.6   +20 40 38     3.603    2.707   24.1    8.8   261   14.6 
2025-07-09 00:00 UT   05 26 25.9   +20 43 40     3.598    2.707   24.7    9.0   261   14.6 
2025-07-10 00:00 UT   05 28 06.1   +20 46 38     3.592    2.708   25.2    9.2   262   14.6 
2025-07-11 00:00 UT   05 29 46.3   +20 49 32     3.587    2.708   25.8    9.4   262   14.6 
2025-07-12 00:00 UT   05 31 26.3   +20 52 22     3.581    2.708   26.3    9.6   262   14.7 
2025-07-13 00:00 UT   05 33 06.2   +20 55 08     3.575    2.708   26.9    9.8   263   14.7 
2025-07-14 00:00 UT   05 34 45.9   +20 57 51     3.570    2.709   27.5   10.0   263   14.7 
2025-07-15 00:00 UT   05 36 25.6   +21 00 29     3.564    2.709   28.0   10.2   263   14.7 
2025-07-16 00:00 UT   05 38 05.1   +21 03 03     3.558    2.709   28.6   10.3   264   14.7 
2025-07-17 00:00 UT   05 39 44.6   +21 05 33     3.551    2.709   29.1   10.5   264   14.7 
2025-07-18 00:00 UT   05 41 23.8   +21 07 59     3.545    2.710   29.7   10.7   264   14.7 
2025-07-19 00:00 UT   05 43 03.0   +21 10 22     3.539    2.710   30.3   10.9   265   14.7 
2025-07-20 00:00 UT   05 44 42.0   +21 12 40     3.532    2.710   30.8   11.1   265   14.7 
2025-07-21 00:00 UT   05 46 20.9   +21 14 55     3.525    2.710   31.4   11.3   265   14.7 
2025-07-22 00:00 UT   05 47 59.6   +21 17 06     3.518    2.710   32.0   11.4   265   14.7 
2025-07-23 00:00 UT   05 49 38.1   +21 19 13     3.511    2.711   32.5   11.6   266   14.7 

    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.