(432) Pythia
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	17 Nov 2025	13.8	2.694 AU	2.113 AU	08h05m	+23°15'	115.8°	19.3°
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)                : 203.26045
            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
2025-11-17 00:00 UT   08 05 48.2   +23 15 48     2.113    2.694  115.8   19.3   281   13.8 
2025-11-17 09:50 UT   08 05 53.6   +23 17 20     2.107    2.694  116.2   19.2   281   13.8 
2025-11-18 00:00 UT   08 06 00.9   +23 19 35     2.100    2.694  116.8   19.1   281   13.8 
2025-11-19 00:00 UT   08 06 12.0   +23 23 30     2.087    2.694  117.8   18.9   280   13.8 
2025-11-20 00:00 UT   08 06 21.4   +23 27 32     2.075    2.693  118.7   18.8   280   13.8 
2025-11-21 00:00 UT   08 06 29.0   +23 31 42     2.062    2.693  119.7   18.6   280   13.8 
2025-11-22 00:00 UT   08 06 35.0   +23 35 59     2.050    2.692  120.7   18.4   280   13.7 
2025-11-23 00:00 UT   08 06 39.2   +23 40 24     2.038    2.692  121.7   18.2   280   13.7 
2025-11-24 00:00 UT   08 06 41.7   +23 44 56     2.026    2.691  122.7   18.0   280   13.7 
2025-11-25 00:00 UT   08 06 42.5   +23 49 36     2.014    2.691  123.8   17.8   280   13.7 
2025-11-26 00:00 UT   08 06 41.5   +23 54 24     2.002    2.690  124.8   17.5   280   13.7 
2025-11-27 00:00 UT   08 06 38.7   +23 59 18     1.990    2.689  125.8   17.3   279   13.6 
2025-11-28 00:00 UT   08 06 34.1   +24 04 21     1.979    2.689  126.9   17.1   279   13.6 
2025-11-29 00:00 UT   08 06 27.7   +24 09 30     1.967    2.688  127.9   16.8   279   13.6 
2025-11-30 00:00 UT   08 06 19.5   +24 14 47     1.956    2.688  129.0   16.6   279   13.6 
2025-12-01 00:00 UT   08 06 09.4   +24 20 12     1.945    2.687  130.0   16.3   279   13.6 
2025-12-02 00:00 UT   08 05 57.6   +24 25 43     1.934    2.687  131.1   16.1   278   13.5 
2025-12-03 00:00 UT   08 05 43.9   +24 31 21     1.923    2.686  132.2   15.8   278   13.5 
2025-12-04 00:00 UT   08 05 28.4   +24 37 07     1.913    2.686  133.2   15.5   278   13.5 
2025-12-05 00:00 UT   08 05 11.0   +24 42 59     1.902    2.685  134.3   15.2   278   13.5 
2025-12-06 00:00 UT   08 04 51.8   +24 48 58     1.892    2.684  135.4   14.9   277   13.4 
2025-12-07 00:00 UT   08 04 30.8   +24 55 04     1.882    2.684  136.5   14.6   277   13.4 
2025-12-08 00:00 UT   08 04 07.8   +25 01 16     1.872    2.683  137.6   14.3   277   13.4 
2025-12-09 00:00 UT   08 03 43.0   +25 07 34     1.862    2.683  138.8   14.0   277   13.4 
2025-12-10 00:00 UT   08 03 16.4   +25 13 58     1.853    2.682  139.9   13.7   276   13.4 
2025-12-11 00:00 UT   08 02 47.9   +25 20 28     1.844    2.682  141.0   13.4   276   13.3 
2025-12-12 00:00 UT   08 02 17.5   +25 27 04     1.835    2.681  142.1   13.0   275   13.3 
2025-12-13 00:00 UT   08 01 45.3   +25 33 45     1.826    2.680  143.3   12.7   275   13.3 
2025-12-14 00:00 UT   08 01 11.3   +25 40 31     1.817    2.680  144.4   12.3   275   13.3 
2025-12-15 00:00 UT   08 00 35.4   +25 47 22     1.809    2.679  145.6   12.0   274   13.2 
2025-12-16 00:00 UT   07 59 57.8   +25 54 18     1.801    2.678  146.7   11.6   274   13.2 
2025-12-17 00:00 UT   07 59 18.3   +26 01 18     1.793    2.678  147.9   11.3   273   13.2 

    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.